I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Samsara (Warsaw, Masovia) in Mar 2024
Interview
Three stages, first short recruiter call, talking about company values, teamwork etc. Then a relatively easy coding interview that is focused more on your ability to build stuff incrementaly and debug it than on some data structures knowledge. Third stage is a virtual on-site, there is another similar coding interview, talk with a potential manager and a systems design question.
Overall, pretty good, everyone was nice and the questions were reasonable. The only drawback is that the process is quite long.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Build a markdown parser in the language of your choice.
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