Director applicants have rated the interview process at Sama with 2.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 74.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Director roles take an average of 35 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Sama overall takes an average of 24 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Sama as a Director according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 25%
Presentation: 25%
One on one interview: 25%
Drug test: 13%
Phone interview: 13%
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I applied online. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Sama
Interview
This was a long interview process that involved lots of rescheduling and last minute phone calls and interviews due to the CEO's busy schedule (including photo shoots). As part of the process the CEO asked me to review the overview of the planned project I would manage and provide a 30-60-90 day plan both of which made me feel a little uncomfortable as I had been working as an independent consultant and get paid for that kind of work, but ok, I provided feedback. After all that work and conversations with the top level, I got a generic response from the HR person that I wasn't the right fit. Then I saw the same job description updated with a number of the aspects of my feedback/notes on the project plan.
In the end I would not have taken the job as the tenseness of the office culture and the sheer exhaustion of the employees was palpable.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Come up with a 30-60-90 plan for our major (real) project we want to release and present it and defend it to the leadership team.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Sama (Nairobi) in Dec 2015
Interview
Was hurried as they wanted to fill the position like yesterday.
There is a hidden bias for women as opposed to fit & skill.
This I came to learn when I already had gotten into the job.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What do you know about the organisation? What does the organisation do?