Software Engineer (Internship) Interview Experience - San Francisco, California
Process
I messaged a recruiter on LinkedIn. They ghosted me when I asked for feedback after I was rejected following my coding phone screen.
I thought I did fine. I solved the question and had extra time to ask questions.
The interviewer said my solution was good, my code ran, and I even wrote tests that passed all cases. I asked if I should write more, but the interviewer said it was good. I even considered writing more code for edge cases, and the interviewer said I didn't need to do that much, but I still got rejected.
However, I expected this. I heard it is very common for Samsara to do this.
Questions
Create a container class for the given scenario.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the Samsara Software Engineer (Internship) role in San Francisco, California.
Success Rate
Samsara's interview process for their Software Engineer (Internship) roles in San Francisco, California is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Samsara's Software Engineer (Internship) interview process in San Francisco, California.
Samsara Work Experiences
- 5.0Cool Work, Unclear FutureSoftware Engineer(Internship) • Former EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesOctober 12, 2025Pros: Good team, lots of cool work.Cons: The future of the company is based on the growth of hardware. I don't know what the future vision is.
- 1.0Great Pay, Terrible ManagementSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesJuly 3, 2023Pros: They paid me a lot of money.Cons: My boss didn't have the coding chops of a high school kid. He had us tracking old static build files and asked us to resolve merge conflicts with every pull, as if that wasn't totally insane and akin to moving sand with tweezers. I spent multiple hours on Zoom with my colleagues, walking them through Vue, JavaScript in general, and often just writing their code for them. They presented this work as their own, to much praise from the VPs, while making absolutely no mention of me at all. They'd often ask a question on Slack, then delete the message from the archives to remove evidence that they had needed help.
- 4.0Awesome Culture, Great PeopleData Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesFebruary 8, 2024Pros: The culture and people are awesome.Cons: It's too early for me to give a con
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