Samba TV Data Engineer Interview Questions
& Process

HR interview about expectations, what you are looking in the next job kind of questions. Then a coding interview (Python), followed by the Hiring Manager Interview. Then a System Design interview, an SQL interview, and an Executive interview. Lastly, a Culture Interview. After all of these interviews, they told me that they decided to hire in another location :D I did not know how to feel about it, probably I should feel good.

First, I had an HR interview that lasted about 30 minutes, where we talked about my background and the projects I've worked on. After that, there was a technical challenge which was a 1-hour live coding session in Python. I was supposed to have 3 more stages covering system design and algorithms, but I didn't make it that far.

It started with an initial chat with an outside recruiter about my background, then they set me up with the hiring manager. Next, I had a technical interview with the hiring manager where we went over my experience and then they posed a technical question, guiding me towards the answer. After that, there was another technical interview with a staff member, which included a coding challenge. We discussed my background before diving into the coding task. I verbalized my thought process while coding to get a working solution, and it passed testing with sample data. The interviewer noted that I struggled with the code, which felt like a negative assessment given it was a new problem. They mentioned a panel interview would be scheduled, but after waiting two weeks with no contact, I followed up with the recruiter. The response was that they decided to pass on me, which was confusing given the earlier indication of further steps and my overall positive feeling about the interviews.