I applied through an employee referral. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Samsara (New York, NY) in Mar 2023
Interview
I had 3 technical rounds and 1 behavioral round. Within the technical rounds, I had one round about algorithms and two (?) rounds about system design. Pretty smooth process overall. The only complaint I had was that the recruiter was a bit combative with regards to salary negotiation, claiming that I "pulled a number out of thin air".
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
