A Samsara recruiter reached out a couple weeks after I applied to have a short discussion about the role. Spoke with them the next day. The following day, the recruiter set up a time with the hiring manager for the following week. I had an hour long talk with the hiring manager, mainly discussing the role, my experiences. A few behavioral type questions were slipped in. It was pretty relaxed. The hiring manager was kind of new to the company, and we were looking up stuff about the company together. The recruiter set me up with a member of the team to do a 45 minute live coding screen. You could pick the language you wanted to use. It wasn't a LC type question, which was nice. Signed an NDA, so I can't get into the specifics of the coding question. They wanted to move forward to the final stage, which was a "virtual onsite" interview, consisting of 3 sessions which included another live coding, system design, and behavioral interviews. Unfortunately, they hired someone else for the role while I was waiting for the onsite interview. Luckily, another group within Samsara wanted to move forward with the interview process. I talked with that hiring manager but realized I wasn't really interested in the role and withdrew my application. Everyone was really nice and helpful throughout the process. Good experience. The whole process took about 1.5 months.

Six Interviews in total. 1) Manager Screening 2) Basic coding test If both passed, 4 hour virtual interview divided into multiple parts, including another coding interview. (design, leadership, technical experience, coding) There was disconnect between recruiter, manager screening to virtual interview takers. I wish they were aligned on job requirements at first place.