I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Samsara in Oct 2019
Interview
First, they sent me a 30-min HackerRank coding challenge. Then they followed up with one 45-min phone interview. The interview experience is quite good. Interview questions are more like system design questions. Each question builds on the previous one.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
For the phone interview, it is more like system design questions. Each question builds on the previous one.
First a HR call - goes into project details, what you're looking for, etc
Got connected to a Hiring Manager for a project deep dive + TPS round within the hour. TPS question not too difficult - not leetcode.
live coding session, create a md to html translator. It was all live with unique requirements making it more difficult than I expected using regex. The interviewer was not personable and it was a very uncomfortable experience
I made it to the technical screen and didn't proceed further. Recruiter call was the usual experience dive, comp discussion, and why you are looking for a job. The technical screen was a string parsing question.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Technical: String parsing. Be comfortable with regex