I went to a hiring event. Recruiter emailed me setting up a phone interview and they shuffled me around to different roles. Eventually went to an in person(guess they don’t pay for any transportation to interview) after several repetitive phone calls. Panel of 3 guys, one after the other. Personality, technical, personality. I don’t know why these people intentionally waste people’s time and disrespect them so much. I never received any kind of callback or notification reminding me of my place at any point in the process. And after I came all the way to the SF office on my own time and money, they didn’t even bother to call me back or even send a rejection email. I emailed their useless HR and after taking an extremely long time to respond they started throwing names and pointing fingers at everyone else(as if I cared who’s responsibility it was to get in touch). My advice to everyone interested in this position is to not waste your time and money interviewing in person (unless you’re being compensated) for these people as they probably don’t want to hire you and are wasting your time. I don’t really understand why they are doing these interviews. I asked my interviewer how many people he has interviewed for this position and he told me 200 in several months. Meaning they’ve turned down over 90% of them. Wtf? I highly suspect these positive reviews are fake. They don’t talk about anything concrete and specific.

It was about a 3 week process. A recruiter emailed me to schedule a time to talk and they explained the type of company Samsara is and what the position entails. I really liked our conversation, since they were very open and also attentive to my answers. After talking about my experiences and expectations, I was then scheduled to speak to one of the hiring managers. We had a really good conversation too. The questions were all behavioral at this point. I was then sent a take-home exam with some technical questions. After submitting, the recruiter called me and said I passed it, and that I’d be moving on to the next step, which would be 3 back-to-back interviews. It was really nice of them to send me an interview prep email for this part. My recruiter even met with me before it to prep and answer any questions I had up until this point. The back-to-back interviews went into a deep dive of my experiences and asked a couple of technical questions. It must’ve totaled up to about 2 hours. I had a great time talking to everyone. It gave me a good idea on the types of things Samsara values. The next step was speaking to one more hiring manager. After our conversation, I received a call from my recruiter saying I got the job! I was ecstatic. The people I met were awesome, and the recruiting team did a really good job promptly answering my questions and scheduling the next steps. I would recommend practicing the STAR method for the interviews to make the best use of time when explaining your experiences. They really encouraged me to be myself and that the process was not only a way to see if I was a good fit, but if they were a good fit for me.