Ho presentato la mia candidatura tramite un selezionatore. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Samsara (San Francisco, CA) nel mese di giu 2017
Colloquio
I was contacted by the recruiter through LinkedIn. Initially the budget for the position was significantly below market so we did not move forward. A month or so later the recruiter reached out again saying the budget has changed. We went through a few basic screening questions and scheduled a technical screen with one of their engineers.
30 min call with the engineer, also pretty basic. General technology questions based on past experience. He did ask me about my salary expectations which was odd given he is not HR or the hiring manager.
Onsite with 3 30 min interviews, same engineer and 2 execs. Sales execs wasn't too interested in talking to me but overall it was decent. No complaints. Nothing too difficult, they asked basic questions about how I would handle various situations. They reached out the next day saying they will not move forward. Did not really get a clear answer why, just that they didn't like the reason I was looking for a new job.
Next step was going to be a HW assignment, something related to using their APIs. I was curious to test one of their sensors but it wasn't meant to be. They mentioned some parts of the job will be extremely boring, like selling their hardware to a small time trucker with no understanding of technology. It was probably a test but it didn't sound very appealing. Product overall was kind of boring too and they are targeting a pretty niche industry of fleet management. Technology itself is pretty cool and can expand into more interesting use cases which I think is their end game. At the end of the day I think they were looking for a typical SE with emphasis on sales not technology which I would agree is not a good fit for me.
As pointed out by another reviewer, their location is pretty awful. The office itself is nice, tents are about block away closer to the highway, few random ones around the block. Not a pretty area.
Ho presentato la mia candidatura online. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Samsara (Atlanta, GA)
Colloquio
The interview process took a total of 30 min. It consisted of a zoom call with an HR . Asked basic questions about my resume, there was a total of 5 questions total and I get to ask questions after.
Ho presentato la mia candidatura online. La procedura ha richiesto 2 mesi. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Samsara (Detroit, MI)
Colloquio
The interview process is quite taxing. 2-3 calls with recruiting, then you have about 5 panel interviews and conclude the process with an installation. The process is borderline unethical considering all the time they demand from you. I made it to the final stage of the process before they notified me I should reapply in “a few months” because they didn’t actually have an active job opening. They also added that I had flaws in my skillset that were identified by every interviewer which seemed like a cop out for not having an open position. Maybe they didn’t like my experience, but it would have been better to know before I wasted 9 hours of my life during business hours. Seems like a good gig if you can land it, but my takeaways were they spend a lot of time doing empty talent pipelining with no regard to your schedule. The interviewers were generally unable to describe their day-to-day alluding to the role basically being sitting on calls and offering technical support when needed. I would also say that they are moderately unwilling to take your questions and it’s very much an evaluation of you rather than you determining if it’s a fit.
Ho presentato la mia candidatura online. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Samsara nel mese di nov 2025
Colloquio
Lengthy, mostly behavioral. 30 minute call with the recruiter, 45 minute call with the hiring manager, virtual onsite with three peers (45 minutes each), followed by a take-home assignment and a 30 minute demo of the assignment. Turnaround for next steps after each round was within a few hours. Mostly they want to know that you can work with APIs, write some basic scripts, install their hardware (very easy and takes minutes), and explain technical concepts to a non-technical audience while emphasizing business value of the product. Everyone throughout the interview process was incredibly friendly and made Samsara sound like a genuinely great place to work; they made sure all of my questions were answered and that I could get a good feel for if I thought the company would be a good fit for me, not just focusing on if I would be a good fit for the company. Obviously, it was a decent amount of time invested, but I never felt nervous or stressed due to how well-structured and responsive everyone involved was.
Domande di colloquio [1]
Domanda 1
What is your experience with APIs? What is your experience with hardware (multimeter, soldering)? Talk about a time when you had to explain a technical concept to someone who was non-technical. Give an example of how you demonstrate ROI to a costumer.
