I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Samsara (Orlando, FL) in Oct 2021
Interview
First call with mid level sales manager
Second call is 2hr interview with sales leadership.
I believe this role is a heavy hunting cold calling and closing role. It looks like you act as a traditional sales development rep as well as a closer. I also learned this organization is about 99% direct and not through a channel partner.
Be ready to dive in to your previous quotas/attainment and the nitty gritty of deals you have done over the past few years as an inside rep. I think this would be a phenomenal role for someone who is a career inside seller and is a strong cold caller, not necessarily a field seller looking to make a move.
The technology seems to be pretty cool though.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Samsara (Ciudad de Mexico) in Sep 2024
Interview
There were 7 interviews with different areas of the company including the one who would be my manager, the idea was to see my capabilities as an employee, experience in the industry, in sales and my cultural fit.
Easy and straight forward. Two weeks total for the whole process. Accepted offer right after. Interviewers were pretty pretentious and rude which made me question them. Overall not a bad experience, just seems political even during an interview
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Samsara in May 2024
Interview
I started the interview process at the end of May with a recruiter via LinkedIn. Every person I interacted with on the hiring team was so positive and transparent. The second interview was with a sales manager who asked me behavioral and technical questions, it was a very quick 30 min interview - tougher than expected. The final interview panel was 3 - 30 minute interviews with different sales leaders. Your recruiter will give you the questions that are asked but the majority of the interviews are 3-4 technical questions and then conversation for them to feel you out and get to know your personality. No mock demo in the interview process but heavy sales process questions - "tell me in depth about your sales process", "tell me about your biggest deal to date", etc. They expect you to be very detailed and say specific things that stick out to them as a good fit for the Samsara culture.
I accepted an offer within 2.5 weeks of my first interview - quick, moderately easy & happy to be working with really cool people!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What do you think will be the most challenging thing coming into the new role and what will be your plan?
What was the biggest deal you lost? What did you learn and how did you changed your approach for the future?