Senior Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Samsung Electronics America with 3.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 43% positive. To compare, the company-average is 51.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior Software Engineer roles take an average of 23 days to get hired, when considering 7 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Samsung Electronics America overall takes an average of 26 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Samsung Electronics America as a Senior Software Engineer according to 7 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 30%
Skills test: 20%
One on one interview: 20%
Group panel interview: 15%
Presentation: 5%
Personality test: 5%
Background check: 5%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
I applied in-person. I interviewed at Samsung Electronics America (Austin, TX)
Interview
panel interview, tough, panel team appeared stressed out, everyone had a list of questions to ask but they questions appeared to be personal to them, not a 'joint' interview - disjointed, hard to tell what company is like
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
where do you see yourself in 5 years, tell us about a mistake you made
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Samsung Electronics America (Mountain View, CA) in Dec 2017
Interview
I applied online and I was called by recruiter for phone screening setup, phone screening didn't involve any coding, just chat with my future manager about my resume and background. After this I was called onsite, where I met 3 engineers and my future manager. All the engineers were pretty professional. They were helpful too, providing necessary hints along the way. The interview process was great and I had a very positive experience. I was offer within a week after attending onsite interview.
and the questions were great too.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Internals about kafka,
Usage of volatile variable in java
LCA of Binary Search Tree
Dynamic programming problem i.e. max sum of n*m rectangular grid.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Samsung Electronics America (Seattle, WA) in Oct 2015
Interview
I applied for contract position via recruiter. The interview process was online over skype and code editor. The manager was very courteous and explained the process well. The engineer would do the technical round. I got a feeling that they were looking for specific skill set and expertise within Android stack like JNI.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
What is foreground service and background service?