I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Salesforce (London, England) in Oct 2016
Interview
The whole process is designed to challenge and inform at the same time. The further into the process you go, the more you want it and feel as though you earn the role.
1 face to face interview with hiring manager
1 phone interview with recruitment manager
1 video conference with peer
3 x panel prep calls with panel buddy (peer)
1 x interview panel with 3 Salesforce employees (2 weeks to prepare a presentation and build/demo a Salesforce org to present to a case study client)
1 x call with a VP
1 x VP of Solution Engineering
6 touch points with recruiter
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you differentiate Salesforce from competitors?
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Salesforce (San Francisco, CA)
Interview
A recruiter reached out to me multiple times, and when I finally took the call, it turned out to be a standard placement conversation as they’re currently hiring SEs across several teams. After a 30 minute screening, during which I clearly stated my location, the recruiter informed me that all new SE hires are required to follow a mandatory hybrid in-office schedule. Despite knowing I don’t live near a major office, they said I would need to relocate before proceeding with the interview process. Never heard back after the first meeting.
Submitted resume through a referral, started the interview process a week and a half later then had 5 grounds of interviews and received the offer. Interview difficulty was not bad, the solution demo was the only part that involved considerable prep.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Salesforce (Bengaluru)
Interview
5 rounds - HR screening, initial interview by a team member, panel round where a solution demo has to be presented for provided case study, hiring manager interview and interview with director of solution consulting.