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Updated May 23, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Quality Engineer at Salesforce.com
Posted Nov 3, 2011
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3.0
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2011 in San Francisco, CA (took 1 week)
Received a call from the recruiter to schedule a phone interview for Quality Engineer position in San Fransisco with a Technical Manager. After emailing back and forth regarding various date conflicts came to a common date for interview. At the time of interview got a call from recruiter that the manager got pulled in for a meeting so had to reschedule the interview again.
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Got a reject within 2 days as they said i did not have enough Java experience.
I did not like the technical manager attitude as he was kind of not very nice to talk.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Manager, Engineering at Salesforce.com
Posted Nov 2, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2011 (took 1+ week)
Prepare, Prepare, Prepare.
Phone interviews are 1 hour+. Will test on coding, testing, overall skills.
Onsite interviews are 6-7 hrs with 1:1 + group panel interviews.
Be prepared to answer behavioral, analytical, testing and problem solving questions.
Prior to interview and post interview Recruiters will be in constant loop.
Recruiters do not provide interview feedback.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Skills Test and a Personality Test.
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Customer Success Manager at Salesforce.com
Posted Oct 18, 2011 — 5 of 5 people found this helpful
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3.0
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2011 (took 3 months)
I initially had a phone screen with the internal recruiter, who suggested I have a one on one interview with the hiring manager. The following week, the recruiter informed me that the hiring manager wanted to meet me in person. Aproximately 2 weeks later I was asked to complete a presentation for a "Case Study". He emailed me the details of the case study and I spent seven days preparing for it. Approximately 2 weeks later I was advised by phone that the role had been given to an internal candidate.
A week after this I was contacted and advised that the company had increased head count and that because they were very interested in my background they wanted me back for a further interview. The following Monday I arrived at their office for a Video hook up with their VP and Hiring Manager to be advised that the meetig was cancelled and re scheduled for later that week.
Having waited 3 weeks after this video conference interview I was advised that I was to partcipate in a telephone conference call with their MD of UK who managed the Asia Pacific region. Following 2 postponements the date was finally set. O the day of the final conference call I sat on the phone for ten minutes waiting for the MD to join the conference call. When it was apparent he would not show I rang the internal HR and they advised they had just received a email cancelling the conference call.
However, the next week came and went with no update. The following week, I sent an email to the HR recruiter and did not receive a response. A few days later, the HR recruiter advised he found my email in his Junk Mail and that he was still trying to arrange another conference call. Following another 2 weeks I sent another email which bounced back with HR recruiter on anual leave. When I rang the HR department I was advised that all roles had been filled.
Having spent 3 months going through 6 interviews including a case study and then being asked to attend a failed conference call and then to be told that there are no jobs anyway?It is shocking to me that this is the way that Salesforce.com does business. I guess I should be relieved since I imagine this is symptomatic of how they treat their employees and customers.
This would be the worst process I have ever come across for the way candidates are treated.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Presentation.
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QA Engineer at Salesforce.com
Posted Oct 23, 2011
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3.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2011 in San Francisco, CA (took 2 days)
Got a call during the Campus recruiting process. The first interview was a technical 1:1 interview. Questions on calculating no. of times a word repeats in a text, reversing a linklist and basic Java questions.
He asked me to write cases to test an Elevator
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Software Engineer at Salesforce.com
Posted Oct 13, 2011
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2011 in San Francisco, CA (took a day)
Had an interview with one person, very nice interviewer.
Wasn't stressful at all.
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Asked if I was familiar with certain technologies.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Client Support at Salesforce.com
Posted Oct 4, 2011
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3.0
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2010 in San Francisco, CA (took a day)
I'm an older worker. It became very obvious they wanted younger people in these roles. I met with 5 people individually, all under 30. Answered all their questions and walked out certain I had done well. Was informed by recruiter I was working with that I wasn't "technical" enough for the job. Total BS.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Senior Support Account Specialist at Salesforce.com
Posted Sep 23, 2011 — 2 of 2 people found this helpful
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4.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2011 in New York, NY (took 2 weeks)
The process started with the recruiter contacting me on a networking site. Once I responded with my interest, he arranged for a screening call which was quite pleasant. He gave a good overview of the role and also asked general questions about my experience. He then proceeded to arrange for the first round of phone interview with the hiring manager for the next day.
The phone interview with the hiring manager was confusing for me. He was working from home and hence, had line disturbances which was a distraction through out the call. But he was nice to talk to and came straight to the point of my relevance with the role. We spoke about my experience and my knowledge in salesforce.com. Though I was certified admin, I did not have much hands on experience in Salesforce.com. That did not seem to matter. What he was looking for in the interview was my ability to face clients. Which I think I did satisfactorily. The phone call lasted for about 30 mins. It went ok for me.
I did not recieve any update till 3 days excluding weekend. So, I got back to the recruiter with an update which was the only miss I found in the whole process. He quickly then updated me on the feedback and that they wanted to conduct a f2f. The f2f was at the NY office and included video conference.
When I reached office, we found we had problems with the video conference setting up and the interview was going to delayed. However it was well arranged by the recruiter remotely and there was no blame game going on there which I found a good thing.
The video conference was with a panel of 3 which included peers and senior to this position. It was more serious than the phone interview. It consisted of semi-technical questions like explaining concepts, role play and other questions like how to prioritise, time management, etc. Following the video conference, there were 2 more f2f 1:1 rounds with the hiring manger and the VP.
I recieved a verbal offer the very day which was lightening speed. It was a bit disappointing though in terms of position. They said because of my no of years of experience, they cannot offer senior position. I wondered if they had seen that before. The salary was decent. I accepted the offer because it was a great role and with immense learning opportunity. Overall, it was a great experience and a very smooth recruiting process.
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The salary was decent but not upto my expectations. There was mild negotiation and they could increase only that much. It wasn't too bad for me and did not pursue longer. They were open to hear you though which was a good thing.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Client Engineer at Salesforce.com
Posted Sep 25, 2011
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3.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2011 in San Francisco, CA (took a day)
just go through the resume. what is your career goal in 5 years
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Senior Director, Product Management at Salesforce.com
Posted Sep 24, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2011 in San Mateo, CA (took 6 weeks)
Phone interview with hiring manager. First round of 1:1 interviews with Product Managers, Engineering and QE Managers. 2nd round kicked of with a presentation and then more 1:1 interviews with senior staff. Final interview with executive staff member.
Received offer, but did not accept it initially. After further discussions received second offer and accepted.
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Negotiation Details
Tough negotiations, but was able to negotiate a bit. Once they decide they want you all strings are pulled.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Presentation.
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Sales Engineer at Salesforce.com
Posted Sep 21, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2010 in South San Francisco, CA (took 2+ weeks)
FIrst I spoke with a recruiter then the hiring manager. That was followed by a presentation to a couple of managers. Then a phone interview with a peer and an executive
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Negotiation Details
Non-negotiable
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Presentation.
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