Candidatei-me por meio de recrutador(a). O processo levou 2 semanas. Fui entrevistado pela Samsara em jun. de 2022
Entrevista
1. Spoke with recruiter
2. ~1 hour coding interview over zoom with shared doc
3. 4 hour "on-site" interview over zoom, which was divided into 3 sections: 1 coding interview, 1 systems design interview, and 1 interview with a manager that was more like a conversation about work history etc
The coding problems were not too difficult, the systems design interview was a bit messy. Part of it may be my lack of experience with systems design interviews but I found it very difficult to figure out the direction that the interviewer wanted me to go and what they wanted me to focus on, I felt that they could have provided a bit more input as we were going.
Overall everyone was very nice and I would say it was a good experience. The feedback after each round of interviews was very fast.
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
