I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Samsara (San Francisco, CA)
Interview
Hackerrank, Phone Screen, Super day
Super day was kind of odd. They wine and dine you on Friday night by taking you out on a boat. Then they interview you on a Saturday. The super day itself is three rounds. One debugging, a coderpad, and a system design. I know I did well on the debugging and the coding interview but system design you never know. I was very honest about my education experience and what I did at my internships but my interviewer still insisted on asking me questions on things I didnt know about. I guess their decision relies a lot on the system design round (which is not typical for new grad) but everyone I spoke with that interviewed that day along with me got rejected. Everyone was nice, it just felt kind of strange.
Other Software Engineer Interview Reviews for Samsara
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