I applied online. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Samsara (Canada, KY) in May 2022
Interview
Process:
Submitted online application
Received an email within 24 hrs. to schedule an interview
Interview lasted for 2 minutes.
The recruiter was looking for SaaS sales experience and won't even consider you even if you are a champion sales person in other industries
So it tells me that Samsara recruiters:
Post incorrect job requirements. It should have clearly mentioned that SaaS experience is mandatory.
Don't review the resume.
Hung up the phone once he knew that I don't SaaS background
PS: SAMSARA HAS A MISSION TO INTERVIEW 40% MINORITY CANDIDATES. IN MANY CASES YOU MIGHT BE A COG FOR THEIR STATISTICS.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is your current job?
Why are you looking to switch?
Any SaaS experience?
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Samsara (Ciudad de Mexico) in Sept 2024
Interview
There were 7 interviews with different areas of the company including the one who would be my manager, the idea was to see my capabilities as an employee, experience in the industry, in sales and my cultural fit.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Samsara in May 2024
Interview
I started the interview process at the end of May with a recruiter via LinkedIn. Every person I interacted with on the hiring team was so positive and transparent. The second interview was with a sales manager who asked me behavioral and technical questions, it was a very quick 30 min interview - tougher than expected. The final interview panel was 3 - 30 minute interviews with different sales leaders. Your recruiter will give you the questions that are asked but the majority of the interviews are 3-4 technical questions and then conversation for them to feel you out and get to know your personality. No mock demo in the interview process but heavy sales process questions - "tell me in depth about your sales process", "tell me about your biggest deal to date", etc. They expect you to be very detailed and say specific things that stick out to them as a good fit for the Samsara culture.
I accepted an offer within 2.5 weeks of my first interview - quick, moderately easy & happy to be working with really cool people!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What do you think will be the most challenging thing coming into the new role and what will be your plan?
What was the biggest deal you lost? What did you learn and how did you changed your approach for the future?
Easy and straight forward. Two weeks total for the whole process. Accepted offer right after. Interviewers were pretty pretentious and rude which made me question them. Overall not a bad experience, just seems political even during an interview