I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Samsara (San Francisco, CA) in Mar 2024
Interview
it's a coding interview. First asked some technical questions regarding your resume, then did a coding problem. Last for about an hour. You need to solve the problem step by step.
I applied through college or university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Samsara (San Francisco, CA) in Feb 2025
Interview
(Intern process)
OA on coderpad (which has seperate timings for each question) -> Phone with recruiter, without any hardball questions -> Technical Screen -> HM Round
The recruiters were pretty responsive, and gave good feedback throughout the process
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Technical round involved a string parsing type question. The goal was not to make the most optimal solution, but just get it correct. If you were able to make a program with matching output, you might get a few follow ups, but that's just to pad time.
i did a phone screen with samsara and the first round was a phone screen. I have not heard back from them yet. There will still be multiple technical rounds
Samsara interviews FAQs
SWE Intern applicants have rated the interview process at Samsara with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 50.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for SWE Intern roles take an average of 16 days to get hired, when considering 6 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 SWE Intern according to 6 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 33%
Background check: 22%
Phone interview: 22%
Other: 11%
One on one interview: 11%
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