Software Engineer II Interview Experience - Wrocław, Poland
August 1, 2024
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer
Process
The interview process consisted of three stages.
- First stage: A 30-minute recruiter call, focusing on company values and teamwork.
- Second stage: A 1-hour coding interview.
- Third stage: A virtual on-site, comprising three parts: a 1-hour coding interview, a 1-hour system design interview, and a 1-hour talk with the hiring manager.
There were no unusual theoretical questions. All coding stages involved solving one task within an hour.
Overall, the experience was quite positive. Most interviewers were pleasant, and the questions were reasonable. The hiring manager was particularly great.
However, the interviewer for the second coding part was an exception; there was a sense that he was disengaged from the interview. As this was the final interview, it left a negative impression.
Questions
First coding part:
Write a Markdown to HTML parser.
Second coding part:
Write a library for developers to parse terminal arguments. The parser should be able to parse any tag/name given by the developers.
System design:
Design a CSV upload file system with the ability to view all the data you upload. Be prepared to describe the entire flow, input/output, and all services' responsibilities.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Samsara Software Engineer II role in Wrocław, Poland.
Success Rate
0%
Pass Rate
Samsara's interview process for their Software Engineer II roles in Wrocław, Poland is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
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Neutral100%
Negative0%
Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Samsara's Software Engineer II interview process in Wrocław, Poland.
Samsara Work Experiences
3.0
Flexible But Unsupportive Teams
Software Engineer II • Former Employee
Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
October 13, 2025
Pros: Lots of flexibility in time available.
Good salary, great benefits.
Cons: Some teams aren’t very supportive and leave you on your own for getting onboarded. Some teams also don’t put effort into keeping pages down, so on-call can be stressful.
3.0
Speed over Quality, Product over Developer experience
Software Engineer II • Current Employee
September 23, 2025
Pros: - Easy to work on a lot of greenfield initiatives.
- Dev culture is supportive & people are generally very friendly.
- Equity program.
Cons: - Operational guidelines change seemingly randomly. One year, the rubric for performance reviews was updated two weeks before the actual review cycle started.
- The company also recently decided to focus on "Eliminating Bureaucracy" as an operating principle, but is not consistent about enforcing this as a standard. So, there is lots of red tape for devs and less for leadership.
- Praise and promotions are focused more on leadership and product-facing employees rather than developers. There are teams where no devs have been promoted in years, despite high delivery and impact.
- It's a very long process to hire engineers. VPs apparently need to sign off on hiring decisions and can veto a candidate even if they have been approved by the hiring committee and engineering team.
- Testing is sacrificed in favor of speed, so teams spend a lot of extra time fixing bugs and handling incidents rather than building features.
- All legacy systems have been offshored. So, if you're in the US working on a project that relies on an existing feature that's now managed in Poland, you will have to work odd hours or deal with a time gap between all communications.
- The company does not offer "unlimited PTO". It's really four weeks, and it has become more heavily scrutinized over the years. Many other benefits have been reduced as well, such as caregiver and medical leave, and some initiatives like Sabbatical fully revoked.
- This company is definitely operating like a startup even though it's 10 years old. Con for me, but maybe it's a pro for others.
- Surveys are sent out to developers to gauge happiness, but the results are not discussed with the developers themselves. Feels like nothing comes out of speaking up.
5.0
Perfectly Balanced, Highly Recommended
Data Engineer • Current Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
November 24, 2025
Pros: Salary, benefits, work-life balance, etc.
Cons: Nothing was bad in the time I was there.
- 3.0Flexible But Unsupportive TeamsSoftware Engineer II • Former EmployeeColorado Springs, Colorado, United StatesOctober 13, 2025Pros: Lots of flexibility in time available. Good salary, great benefits.Cons: Some teams aren’t very supportive and leave you on your own for getting onboarded. Some teams also don’t put effort into keeping pages down, so on-call can be stressful.
- 3.0Speed over Quality, Product over Developer experienceSoftware Engineer II • Current EmployeeSeptember 23, 2025Pros: - Easy to work on a lot of greenfield initiatives. - Dev culture is supportive & people are generally very friendly. - Equity program.Cons: - Operational guidelines change seemingly randomly. One year, the rubric for performance reviews was updated two weeks before the actual review cycle started. - The company also recently decided to focus on "Eliminating Bureaucracy" as an operating principle, but is not consistent about enforcing this as a standard. So, there is lots of red tape for devs and less for leadership. - Praise and promotions are focused more on leadership and product-facing employees rather than developers. There are teams where no devs have been promoted in years, despite high delivery and impact. - It's a very long process to hire engineers. VPs apparently need to sign off on hiring decisions and can veto a candidate even if they have been approved by the hiring committee and engineering team. - Testing is sacrificed in favor of speed, so teams spend a lot of extra time fixing bugs and handling incidents rather than building features. - All legacy systems have been offshored. So, if you're in the US working on a project that relies on an existing feature that's now managed in Poland, you will have to work odd hours or deal with a time gap between all communications. - The company does not offer "unlimited PTO". It's really four weeks, and it has become more heavily scrutinized over the years. Many other benefits have been reduced as well, such as caregiver and medical leave, and some initiatives like Sabbatical fully revoked. - This company is definitely operating like a startup even though it's 10 years old. Con for me, but maybe it's a pro for others. - Surveys are sent out to developers to gauge happiness, but the results are not discussed with the developers themselves. Feels like nothing comes out of speaking up.
- 5.0Perfectly Balanced, Highly RecommendedData Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesNovember 24, 2025Pros: Salary, benefits, work-life balance, etc.Cons: Nothing was bad in the time I was there.
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