I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Salesforce (San Francisco, CA) in Mar 2022
Interview
Process took 2+ Months.
Recruiter reached out, phone screen and then 3 rounds of interviews.
Process took very long, with no feedback (although requested). They hired someone in my network before my final round (I knew they moved forward with someone else before final round) and still took 3+ weeks to decline me post final round.
I found the process extremely unprofessional, without responding to emails for next steps and frankly asking me to do work (a presentation) and wasting my time fully knowing they already moved forward with someone else.
Co-Founder popped into my interview and bumbled around asking what I do etc with no context.
Salesforce writes blog posts on recruiting process, but doesn't follow their own process. 3+ weeks for any response? No response to emails. Extremely unprofessional.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you define strategic?
How do you overcome obstacles?
What do you do when someone else
I applied online. I interviewed at Salesforce in Feb 2022
Interview
The Interviewer / Hiring Manager was late for the interview. The person did not even have my resume and tried to look for the resume at the beginning of the interview. She clearly did not show any interest trying to understand the candidate's experience and background right from the beginning. She ended the interview short with just some general introductory questions. Whilst Salesforce is a good brand name with their product offerings, unfortunately the Hiring Manager (Director level) did not present their reputation at all.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Salesforce (New Delhi)
Interview
There were total 4 rounds
System Design
People Management
Process Management
Technical Leadership
The peole management round interviewer believed in an ideal world and was not able to understand why someone would have to release a MVP solution.
All four rounds were completed the same day and was able to clear all four, however they could not match even the current compensation, leave alone giving a hike on top of it. The communication from recruiter on next steps (if any) was vague and unclear. There was no offer rolled out.