Samsung interview notes, page 1 of 3

“I jumped straight into the ML model part (image classification, maybe object detection) and spent way too long there before realizing they probably wanted the full pipeline: camera setup, inference latency, bin actuation, edge vs cloud tradeoff.” The rest of the author's notes on Machine Learning Engineer interview at Samsung, Onsite - System Design / Architecture round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This one tripped me up more than it should have.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Samsung, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“The base algorithm I knew fine, BFS or DFS on a grid, no problem.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Samsung, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I started by trying to segment the drop: is it traffic, conversion, or order completion?” The rest of the author's notes on Product Manager interview at Samsung, Onsite - Product Sense / Strategy round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I always fumble this one because I try to cover everything and end up rambling.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Samsung, Onsite - Behavioral / Leadership round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This one sprawled in every direction.” The rest of the author's notes on Data Scientist interview at Samsung, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This ran way longer than I expected.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Samsung, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“Classic house robber DP.” The rest of the author's notes on Machine Learning Engineer interview at Samsung, Online Assessment (OA) round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I went straight to the classic recursive LCA approach and then realized mid-explanation that pointers were off the table.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Samsung, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“Classic problem, knew it cold.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Samsung, Online Assessment (OA) round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.