I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Salesforce (Dublin, Dublin) in Jun 2017
Interview
First call with the HR: smooth and easy. CV and personal questions.
Second Call with HR: CV, background questions. Why do you want to move to Berlin? Why sales? Why should we choose you?
Third call with SDR Manager: Same as above but more into detail + questions to see your attitude such as: in this situation what would you do? Tell an experience when something didn't go as expected and how you manage to solve the problem? What value will you bring to the team and what do you expect to learn from the company, team and me (sdr manager)?
Last interview on location (dublin): 1hour panel interview + 2 1to1 interviews with other managers.
1hour panel interview (this is definitely the toughest and you have to prepare well; attitude is the key) : prepare a case study of a company which could be a good fit with salesforce. Company background, why now?, which salesforce solution would you propose?, SF competitive advantage?, how would you approach the call with the key decision maker of the company?, relevant example among the customer success stories?
1to1 interviews: general questions, personality, and ambitions
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Premise: I choose a fintech company as case study.
Question: A fintech company has great devs and engineers in the team, what would you answer if they say you they will make their own platform because they don't want to give you the data and so on?
The interview process included a 30 - minute phone screen with HR, a 1 - hour interview with the hiring manager focusing on sales experience and CRM knowledge, and a final role - play exercise simulating a cold call to a prospect.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you explain the value of Salesforce’s Sales Cloud to a prospect who is using a competitor’s CRM?
I applied online. I interviewed at Salesforce (Sydney)
Interview
After applying, I was invited to an initial interview with instructions on what to research to prepare. The initial 30 minute interview consisted of a bunch of scripted questions at a rapid pace.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Salesforce in Feb 2022
Interview
Great experience during 3 sets of challenging interviews. Firstly with the recruiter (30 min call), and then 2 sets of interviews with your hiring manager and with an additional person from the company. Very responsive and quick process as well with hiring manager and with recruiter too.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why Salesforce? Where do you see yourself in 5 years?