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Sales Representative at Salesforce.com
No Offer – Reviewed Jun 11, 2013 New
Interview Details Phone interview - pretty basic questions - why Salesforce? etc.
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QA Automation Engineer at Salesforce.com
No Offer – Interviewed in Toronto, ON Mar 2013 – Reviewed Mar 10, 2013
Interview Details
Referred resume to manager by a friend. Got interview email to schedule.
First phone interview:
1) Tell me about yourself
2) Some basic Java questions: static? difference between abstract and interface? final finally finalize? array vs linkedlist? hashmap vs hashtable? etc.
3) Ask some question about the position and comany's product.
Got interview email for 2nd round to schedule.
Second phone and technical screen interview:
1a) Returns the number of occurences of a given character in a String
1b) List number of test cases.
2a) Reverses each word in the given string
2b) List number of test cases.
Interview Questions
- 1a) Returns the number of occurences of a given character in a String View Answer
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2a) Reverses each word in the given string.
eg "Hello, World!" ==> "olleH, dlroW!"
"I am 20" ==> "I ma 02" View Answer
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Associate QA Engineer at Salesforce.com
No Offer – Reviewed Mar 03, 2013
Interview Details I applied online , got an email within a few hours from a person ( Not automated ) saying they would get back to be and thanking me for my interest . Got an interview a few days later for a remote programming . Did not go through the first step of the interview process (Not sure why )
Interview Question – You have to explain what you are thinking as you try to answer the questions View Answer
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Senior Product Manager at Salesforce.com
No Offer – Interviewed in Toronto, ON Oct 2009 – Reviewed Feb 11, 2013
Interview Details Trial by fire. First interview is usually with recruiter asks you the vanilla basics. Then deep dive with 3 people who ask you deeper questions about your product chops and your market.
Interview Question – Everything is expected if you know your market and agile methodology. Answer Question
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Senior Software Engineer at Salesforce.com
No Offer – Interviewed in Vancouver, BC Jan 2013 – Reviewed Feb 01, 2013
Interview Details
One screening interview - 30 minutes
One phone interview with a director of development - 1 hr
Nice guy - he shot like 20 questions randomly then he said "ok, someone will contact you"
Had to turn down next interview because of another job offer
Interview Question –
. JS - what is eval()
6. JS - what is the diffenrence between == and ===
7. Web - how do you keep information in a web application - cookie vs session
8. What is GET and POST - differences
9. How hashmaps work - hashCode and equals operators
10. Piriciples of OO - encapsulation, inheritance
11. What is synchronized?
12. Big O of data searching on different data structures - array , linked list, hashtable
13. Java difference of a hashtable and hashmap
14. Something that you are proud of - code and other - industry related
15. Describe a development process - engaging client - requirements - etc
16. Favorite java classes
17. What does AJAX stands for?
18. what type of response can you get from and AJAX call - string or XML
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Accounts Executive at Salesforce.com
No Offer – Interviewed in Toronto, ON – Reviewed Jan 02, 2013
Interview Details Applied online and got an email from head office setting up a screening call. First call lasted 40 minutes at which point I was deemed qualified to move on the the next phone call. Second call was set up a week later with Account Exec manager; lasted 10 minutes; I was told I'd be better suited for an EBR role. Third phone call set up a few days later with another recruiter for another screening call exactly the same as the first, lasted 30 minutes. Again deemed qualified to move onto next step for EBR role. Was invited to Networking Event that was happening the next day to meet with exisiting staff, managers, HR managers. Received call next day about outcome, provided with zero feedback.
Interview Question – How did you overcome an obstacle you've faced in you current role? Answer Question
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Accounts Executive at Salesforce.com
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Toronto, ON Aug 2009 – Reviewed Dec 08, 2012
Interview Details Interviews with management followed by presentation to a board of management
Interview Question – The presentation is tough, be well prepared Answer Question
Negotiation Details – no negotation
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Software Engineer at Salesforce.com
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Halifax, NS May 2010 – Reviewed Nov 18, 2012
Interview Details Phone interview, then in-person interview.
Interview Question – Programming exercise. View Answer
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Sales Representative at Salesforce.com
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Toronto, ON Feb 2010 – Reviewed Oct 14, 2012
Interview Details Panel Interview with managers, then interview with peer
Interview Question – If you could be anyone else, who would it be View Answers (30)
Negotiation Details – No negotiation, offered great compensation
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Accounts Executive at Salesforce.com
No Offer – Interviewed in Toronto, ON May 2012 – Reviewed Jul 05, 2012
Interview Details
Attended an info session and then subsequently applied through an employee referral. Got a call from the San Fran HQ. Basic questions regarding previous experience and specific questions on previous sales targets that I carried. She then sent an excel sheet for me to fill in which was basically trying to ascertain my sales ability & experience based on the targets that I carried and the size of the deals that I closed.
Then had another phone interview with a hiring manager from the Toronto Office. This call didn't go well for me since my previous designation was Channel Sales Manager and he was very clear that they only hire people with direct sales exp. I tried to explain to him that though majority of the work that I did was direct to customer but he wasn't willing to look beyond the designation.
Interview Questions
- What were you Monthly & yearly Targets Answer Question
- Size of the largest deal that you closed? Answer Question
- Typical Sales Cycle Answer Question
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