Process
I made it to the technical screen and didn't proceed further.
Recruiter call was the usual:
- experience dive
- comp discussion
- why you are looking for a job
The technical screen was a string parsing question.
Questions
Technical: String parsing. Be comfortable with regex.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 94 interview experiences for the Samsara Software Engineer role.
Success Rate
14%
Pass Rate
Samsara's interview process for their Software Engineer roles is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Positive38%
Neutral22%
Negative39%
Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Samsara's Software Engineer interview process.
Samsara Work Experiences
5.0
Nice place to be an engineer
Software Engineer • Current Employee
February 10, 2021
Pros: The product team feels tight-knit despite the current remote situation.
Really interesting product; it's fun to work on.
Autonomy and level of ownership as an engineer is excellent.
The company is growing very fast and continued to do so despite COVID.
Leadership seems to take employee concerns to heart and takes action.
Extremely competent CEO and senior leadership team.
Cons: - Layoffs last year due to COVID undeniably affected morale.
- Practically zero exposure to senior engineering leadership (CTO) as a rank-and-file engineer. I've only seen the CTO give a presentation once in over a year.
- Not exactly a "rest and vest" kind of place. WLB has been fine for me, but it's not exactly a 9-5 job.
1.0
Constant Turnover, Zero Progress
Software Engineer • Current Employee
January 24, 2021
Pros: None at all, nada nothing.
Cons: Over the course of a year, I've been through 3 different PMs and 4 different designers, all of whom have left the company either voluntarily or from layoffs.
There is immense product turnover that results in doing the same stuff over and over again.
Engineering also has high turnover, as 4 of them have left and only one member of the original team is left.
And yet, execs have "explained" this all away as attrition that is not regrettable.
Now we are scrambling to hire more and trying to retain what's left based on a "Comp 2.0" that's been pushed back and has no concrete details.
4.0
Interesting Work, Unstable Org
Software Engineer • Current Employee
London, England, United Kingdom
February 19, 2025
Pros: - Interesting work and problems to solve.
- Nice offices.
Cons: Lots of organizational changes are going on currently; it feels a bit unstable.
- 5.0Nice place to be an engineerSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeFebruary 10, 2021Pros: The product team feels tight-knit despite the current remote situation. Really interesting product; it's fun to work on. Autonomy and level of ownership as an engineer is excellent. The company is growing very fast and continued to do so despite COVID. Leadership seems to take employee concerns to heart and takes action. Extremely competent CEO and senior leadership team.Cons: - Layoffs last year due to COVID undeniably affected morale. - Practically zero exposure to senior engineering leadership (CTO) as a rank-and-file engineer. I've only seen the CTO give a presentation once in over a year. - Not exactly a "rest and vest" kind of place. WLB has been fine for me, but it's not exactly a 9-5 job.
- 1.0Constant Turnover, Zero ProgressSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeJanuary 24, 2021Pros: None at all, nada nothing.Cons: Over the course of a year, I've been through 3 different PMs and 4 different designers, all of whom have left the company either voluntarily or from layoffs. There is immense product turnover that results in doing the same stuff over and over again. Engineering also has high turnover, as 4 of them have left and only one member of the original team is left. And yet, execs have "explained" this all away as attrition that is not regrettable. Now we are scrambling to hire more and trying to retain what's left based on a "Comp 2.0" that's been pushed back and has no concrete details.
- 4.0Interesting Work, Unstable OrgSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeLondon, England, United KingdomFebruary 19, 2025Pros: - Interesting work and problems to solve. - Nice offices.Cons: Lots of organizational changes are going on currently; it feels a bit unstable.
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