Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Samsara with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 39% positive. To compare, the company-average is 50.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 20 days to get hired, when considering 83 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Samsara overall takes an average of 24 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Samsara as a Software Engineer according to 83 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 42%
One on one interview: 20%
Skills test: 13%
Presentation: 10%
Group panel interview: 5%
Background check: 4%
Personality test: 3%
Other: 2%
IQ intelligence test: 1%
Drug test: 1%
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Tough and difficult to some extent that would make one doubt that they can really answer the questions. Practicing for a long time can get you up to speed and a good chance of getting hired.
First a HR call - goes into project details, what you're looking for, etc
Got connected to a Hiring Manager for a project deep dive + TPS round within the hour. TPS question not too difficult - not leetcode.
live coding session, create a md to html translator. It was all live with unique requirements making it more difficult than I expected using regex. The interviewer was not personable and it was a very uncomfortable experience
I made it to the technical screen and didn't proceed further. Recruiter call was the usual experience dive, comp discussion, and why you are looking for a job. The technical screen was a string parsing question.
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Question 1
Technical: String parsing. Be comfortable with regex