J'ai postulé via un recruteur. Le processus a pris 2 jours. J'ai passé un entretien chez Samsara (Atlanta, GA) en mai 2019
Entretien
Typical phone and codepad coding interview.
Was given a coding problem that built on top of each other.
Solved it and got it working, not too difficult.
Interviewer said that I did great so no sure why I didn't move on to the next process
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
Create a pallet class
Create a truck class
Create some methods that track the number of pallets in a truck and methods to add, delete, count number of pallets in a truck
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
