I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Samsara (London, England) in June 2022
Interview
First round is the standard screening with the recruiter, nothing out of the ordinary.
Second round was supposed to be a 30min technical discussion with the Hiring Manager, but that never happened because they never showed up on the video call.
The worst thing about this was that it was me that had to email the recruiter back and let them know what happened.
I wouldn't get a second chance as a candidate if I didn't turn up for an interview (without any warning), so why should a company get that benefit? It's a buyer's market out there.
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