Summer Intern - Software Engineering Interview Experience - San Francisco, California
February 5, 2021
Positive ExperienceNo Offer
Process
I applied through an employee referral.
Basically, they asked me an algorithm question about a tree's structure with characters. It is easy to come up with an algorithm, but kinda difficult to implement the entire structure and edge cases during the interview.
Questions
- Some behavioral questions like what did you take this semester?
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Interview Statistics
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SambaNova's interview process for their Summer Intern - Software Engineering roles in San Francisco, California is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
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Candidates reported having very good feelings for SambaNova's Summer Intern - Software Engineering interview process in San Francisco, California.
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