Salesforce.com Interview Questions & Reviews

Interview Details – Initial screening was interesting and seemed rushed to get you into a specific role quickly without fully qualifying your background. Lack of probing questions. Seemed to be incented to get you into an interview for a lower-level role first, rather than find the right fit. I feel they need to be VERY careful about their elimination process as they appear to be targeting a certain age profile.

Reason for Declining – Following 3rd round of interviews/presentation, I uncovered that they appeared to want younger candidates that were more focused on lead-generation rather than skills at developing longer-term relationships. I feel that sales in IT should be more relationship based and not transactional. This appears to be a short-term market-grab strategy with little or no focus on relationships.

Interview Details – Phone screen by recruiter
In-person interview with a panel of managers (typically the ones that have an open rec)
Presentation (this may be changing soon)

Interview Details – There was a 1 hour phone interview with hiring manager. If that goes well, it was followed by a 2 hour times programming test. That went well and was invited for on-site interview. It was 4 technical interviews. 1 was with a iOS developer, lunch interview with managers, Android concepts with 2 Android Engineers, 1 with product manager and last one with two Test Engineers

Interview Details – 1st Round of Phone Screening
2nd Round onsite pure Java Screening

Interview Details – Applied online.
Received call from interviewer for initial screen a month and a half later. Was asked about my past experiences and told more about the role.
Was told they wanted to move me to next steps of speaking with the hiring manager. After that it would be an on-site interview with a number of people.

Interview Details – I received a referral to apply to the internship. Submitted my resume and received a quick reply for a phone interview. Interview was very simple. Basically had to explain past work experience and why I was interested in Salesforce.

Interview Details – I applied online and the HR/Recruiter was prompt in contacting me. A phone interview was lined up. This was all done in email. I got the call from the interviewer. He had a thick accent, which I can deal with in normal circumstances. However, he was on his speakerphone in his cubicle. He was rustling papers and typing right next to the phone. There were bursts of conversation in the background. Most of the interview consisted of me asking him to repeat himself and trying to paraphrase what he just said. He rambled all over the place. I'm a little hard of hearing and was instructed by various friends in the recruiting/hiring realm never to mention any kind of disability, btw. So, I didn't feel like I was in a position to tell him that or instruct him to find a conference room and a land line and try again. I still haven't decided if I am going to email the recruiter about this.

I have not heard back, so I assume that it is not going any further. I wish companies would actually contact candidates and let them know the outcome of the phone screen.

Interview Details – Process was fast and pleasant, conducted in days. A practical, technical exam focused on networking is administered at the beginning of an in person interview - 10 questions, about 45 minutes, easy for any experienced engineer. Everything else is fluff and cultural fit.

Negotiation Details – I replied with the requirement for additional incentives.

Interview Details – It seems people's interviews fall into one of two groups: the first is where Salesforce's HR is diligent, proactive and communicative; the second is where they drop a lot of balls and seem to fall victim to the chaotic pace.

Mine, unfortunately, was in the second group. I can't say that I should have been hired because I was well qualified for the position because my candidacy went through a combination of three bungled calls and appointments by the coordinator and her contractor assistant. I finally did get two onsite interviews: a group interview I thought I was 15 minutes early for but ended up being 15 minutes late because the HR coordinator gave me and the internal teams different times; finally, a second with a nice but highly distracted manager who didn't seem to want to hear what I could bring to the role but also could not articulate what he wanted.

Needless to say, I did not receive an offer. I was relieved.