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      Senior Database Engineer Interview

      Jan 25, 2017
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Declined offer
      Positive experience

      Other Senior Database Engineer interview reviews for Salesforce

      Senior Database Engineer Interview

      Apr 2, 2023
      Anonymous employee
      Hyderābād
      Accepted offer
      Average interview

      Application

      The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Salesforce in Jan 2017

      Interview

      My initial contact came from a director of engineering rather than a recruiter, which was quite a refreshing change. We had an initial 30 minute hangout and we learned there was enough mutual interest to move forward. Following that, a recruiter and interview coordinator contacted me to set up 2 1-hour interviews. The first was with 2 members of the DBA team and the second was with another DBA team member and the hiring manager. I thoroughly enjoyed the process. They all asked very relevant questions both for hard and soft skills. I had plenty of time to ask my own questions and felt like I learned a bit about the team in the process. In the end, we weren't able to come to an agreement on compensation but had that not been an issue, I would have happily accepted.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      How does MySQL replication work? What tuning variables affect MySQL? How do you determine why a SQL query is taking a long time to run? How do you skip major version upgrades with as little downtime as possible? What status variables tell you if the buffer pool is thrashing?
      Answer question
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Salesforce (Hyderābād) in Jan 2023

      Interview

      5 technical and 1 managerial round happened. In interview mostly they ask questions related to database core internals and architecture and lot of why? one python coding round happened on hackerrank. ( though basic level ) . all the Interviews completed within 15 days. But Recruiter took around one month to initiate final discussion on offer.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      1. questions on database components like sga,pga, bg processes ,undo ,redo and their internals. 2. RAC architecture and how it works. 3. postgres concepts and its internals 4. Some basic questions on python scripting
      Answer question

      Senior Database Engineer Interview

      Apr 6, 2020
      Anonymous employee
      Hyderābād
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Salesforce (Hyderābād) in Feb 2020

      Interview

      The Interview process was good and quick, with prompt feedback's after each round and all the rounds are scheduled as early as possible after each round's feed back. Recruiter's are very accommodating and answer the calls well.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      More on experiences and practical scenarios rather than Q&A
      Answer question

      Senior Database Engineer Interview

      Mar 9, 2020
      Anonymous employee
      Hyderābād
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Salesforce (Hyderābād) in Jan 2020

      Interview

      Really the process is very transparent and systematic. 1) Video conference ( Zoom meeting with Technical/Reporting Manager ) 2) Onsite interview Video conference with Technical Team members Face to Face with Technical Lead Video conference with Application Manager 3) Compensation discussion.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Though questions are simple DBA related, Most of them were tricky and needed more of analytical thinking.
      1 Answer