One of the worst interview experience that I had, the interviewer came more than 5 mins late. Then he gave me a question to solve and then straight away got busy on his phone. Some of the decisions that we
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No offer
Neutral experience
Average interview
Application
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Samsara (Kraków) in Aug 2022
Interview
HR contacted me via LinkedIn and the interview was supposed to be in 2 phases. I got rejected in the first round which was the coding round. they mentioned coding question is open-ended, not needed to be complete but I think they were looking for complete implementation. the sad part is they don't provide any feedback as well. that is absurd.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
create HTML parser from given markdown text. text may be given like ~~something~~ that will be converted to <del>something</del>
Only had an initial call with a frankly clueless recruiter. Could tell me very little about the role, what I would be working on, or even the tech stack. Interrupted me constantly and kept asking me if I had any more questions when she couldn't even answer the few I did have. Probably the worst HR phone screen I've ever had, and I've had a few.
Recruiter round was smooth and professional. However, the technical interview didn’t match what was described. The prep materials clearly said no Leetcode, and focused on Samsara's system related.
I prepared accordingly, but the interview ended up being a standard Leetcode medium. Disappointed by the mismatch — if algorithm questions are preferred, let candidates know.
Advice to others:
Prepare for Leetcode
