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.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Samsara
Interview
It was pretty straight forward and pretty pleasant. First you did the phone screening and then a virtual on-site that had 4 parts. System design, coding, behavioral and an interview with the manager that had a debugging portion. The only issue i had was with the interviewer for the coding portion who was disengaged and made it impossible to ask any clarifying questions on the problem.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a project you had trouble completing and explain how you navigated it.
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