Principal Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Salesforce with 3.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 82% positive. To compare, the company-average is 79.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Principal Software Engineer roles take an average of 25 days to get hired, when considering 11 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Salesforce overall takes an average of 34 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Salesforce as a Principal Software Engineer according to 11 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 23%
One on one interview: 20%
Drug test: 14%
Presentation: 14%
Group panel interview: 11%
IQ intelligence test: 7%
Background check: 5%
Other: 2%
Personality test: 2%
Skills test: 2%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Salesforce (San Francisco, CA) in Nov 2018
Interview
2 phone calls: one with hiring manager followed by a technical interview. Followed by an onsite interview. The surprising part is on-site interview was followed by 2 Video conference interviews on another day.
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Question 1
Number of behavior questions to gauge your fit in the culture. Expected technical questions at that level which include previous work and some details related to technical aspects faced at Salesforce
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Salesforce (San Francisco, CA) in Nov 2023
Interview
The recruiter Caroline Kingray was awesome. She was very responsive and guiding me through out the process. All the interviewers were very friendly and respectful through out the interview. Best Interview Experience so far.
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Question 1
Here are the steps:
1) Recruiter round to check my background and then she had me talking to the hiring manager
2)Hacker rank problem - 2 problems - 1hr
3) Onsite - 6 interviewers talking to me on these areas:
Customer advocacy, Salesforce Culture (Focus more on Diversity and Inclusion), End to End Architecture and my experience , Tools and Infrastructure architecture, One Program to solve in whiteboard, QA Concepts, Overall experience check.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Salesforce (Bellevue, WA) in Jan 2020
Interview
Everyone was very friendly. I had a great time during the interview process.
The people seemed very intelligent and the location was also quite nice. Overall, it was a great experience.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Salesforce (Buenos Aires) in Nov 2019
Interview
Todas las etapas fueron excelentemente gestionadas y muy claras, y siempre se notó el interés de transmitir que Salesforce es una excelente compañía, además de tener un trato cordial y estar atentos acualquier inquietud. El proceso incluyó un exámen técnico remoto (Hacker Rank) una entrevista presencial con recursos humanos, un exámen práctico presencial (whiteboard) y un exámen técnico presencial adicional (coding) para complementar el whiteboard y terminar de validad mis aptitudes técnicas. Además tuve entrevistas con los managers del equipo al que me integraría en caso de ser contratado, y quedó muy claro que todas estas etapas son importantes y son tenidas en cuenta. El profesionalismo que se ve en la ejecución del proceso hace que alguien con experiencia lo valore especialmente.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Me sorprendió para bien el interés de los managers por conocer cómo trabajé en mis anteriores posiciones, además de hacerme preguntas que apuntaban a validar mi forma de trabajar en equipo. Ejemplo de pregunta: ¿Cómo sumarías a un nuevo integrante al equipo para que logre integrarse de la mejor manera?