J'ai postulé via un recruteur. Le processus a pris 4 semaines. J'ai passé un entretien chez Samsara (San Francisco, CA) en mai 2019
Entretien
1) 30 min recruiter screen
2) 45 minute tech screen -- Talked with a girl who was very easy to converse with. She asked why I was interested in Samsara, then went into an OO question that had multiple steps. Asked clarifying questions, etc. On the final step, I failed to think about time correctly and how it affect the question which I think did me in. I see a lot of people who failed talking about how this question is too easy, but clearly they failed. I think they're looking for how you attack a problem. I thought I did well overall, but apparently I did not.
Annoyed with the outcome, but overall good experience.
One of the worst interview experience that I had, the interviewer came more than 5 mins late. Then he gave me a question to solve and then straight away got busy on his phone. Some of the decisions that we
Only had an initial call with a frankly clueless recruiter. Could tell me very little about the role, what I would be working on, or even the tech stack. Interrupted me constantly and kept asking me if I had any more questions when she couldn't even answer the few I did have. Probably the worst HR phone screen I've ever had, and I've had a few.
Recruiter round was smooth and professional. However, the technical interview didn’t match what was described. The prep materials clearly said no Leetcode, and focused on Samsara's system related.
I prepared accordingly, but the interview ended up being a standard Leetcode medium. Disappointed by the mismatch — if algorithm questions are preferred, let candidates know.
Advice to others:
Prepare for Leetcode
