Sr. Software Engineer 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 43.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Sr. Software Engineer roles take an average of 26 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 25 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Samsara as a Sr. Software Engineer according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 33%
One on one interview: 33%
Skills test: 33%
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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