I applied through other source. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Samsung Research America (San Jose, CA) in Mar 2012
Interview
Went through two phone interview - one with a group member and another with the lab head. Discussion about background, what I want to do during the internship and so on. overall interesting interview.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Samsung Research America (San Jose, CA) in May 2014
Interview
1st interview - Skype, 15 min. Asked about stuff on resume.
2nd interview - On-site, technical, approx. 2 hours. Basic questions about data structures. Interview took approximately 2 hours, and consisted of 20 basic "define/explain what _____ is", where ____ was a common coding term like an associative array.
This was followed by a timed 30 min. section where i had to code solutions to 5 questions.
Finally, an hour long sessions where i wrote code on a whiteboard in response to another, more involved coding question.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Parse a given ascii text file to create a count of all the words that appear.