Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Samsung Electronics as 100% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Accountant and rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Accountant and roles were rated as the easiest.
It was hard. I had multiple interviews and intimidating personalities. I had to jump through many hoops. Overall great experience beautiful office. It was fun and learned a lot. I worked with a lot of leaders all across the board.
I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Samsung Electronics (Vancouver, BC) in Sep 2021
Interview
Contractor position.
Multiple Steps.
Ranstad and Samsung HR involved.
Completed in 5 steps.
2 times HR team , and 3 times business team interviewed. It took around 6 weeks.
At the final step, director approval needed.
I applied online. I interviewed at Samsung Electronics (Dubai) in Jan 2024
Interview
Everything went well until I received an offer over the phone.
I had two interviews in person with the hiring manager/TA Manager and the HR Director both went very smoothly with standard interview questions.
I got a call one day from the TA Manager that they want to offer me the role and I was very thrilled to join. During the call, I was asked about my child and how I would handle being a working mom, it made me very confused about what it had to do with me working. The TA Manager only told me that I would receive my offer letter the week after. No more communication happened, I followed up over email, phone calls were ignored, after two weeks I finally received an email that they were quite busy and they would get back to me the next week. Another five follow-up emails from my end and calls, no response. Then I received a call from the HR Director who asked me about the flexibility that I'm asking for and that they are not open to providing work-life balance to their employees. I told them that I was fine to work "only" 1 day remotely and that they could proceed with the offer. Then suddenly they mentioned that they would look again at all the shortlisted candidates even though they told me that I would receive the offer for the role. After two months I received an email that they rejected me even though I clearly got an offer over the phone.
This has been the most unprofessional encounter I've ever experienced. Ghosting a candidate after telling me that I will receive the offer is the worst thing that an employer can do. It's not just the ghosting, but also facing judgment for being a working mom and experiencing such discrimination leaves me without words.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me more about yourself. Walk me through your CV.
What are your strengths/weaknesses?
How do you handle stress?