I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Samsara (San Francisco, CA) in Nov 2024
Interview
There are three interviews: behavior interview, technical interview, and manager interview (final round, also based on your personal experience). I think behavior interview is relatively easy and STAR method is the key to pass the behavior interview and the manager interview!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Tell me a project which is not your coursework and your intern
2. Tell me about your experience of teamwork
3. Tell me why you are interested in Samsara
Codesignal OA, required high score (probably 500+/600) to pass -> short recruiter call to go over resume-> 45min technical interview with a senior engineer -> final behavioral interview with a manager.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Samsara in Oct 2023
Interview
It start with the pre-screen assement which called general code assement, the diffculty if the test is avearage. After that, I received a mail said I did amazingily and then after ten days I got a reject mail.
Software Engineer Intern applicants have rated the interview process at Samsara with 3.3 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 Software Engineer Intern roles take an average of 45 days to get hired, when considering 3 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 Intern according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
Background check: 33%
Skills test: 22%
Phone interview: 22%
Presentation: 11%
One on one interview: 11%
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