I applied through university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Salesforce (Calcutta) in Sep 2017
Interview
The whole process completed on the same day.There were three rounds in total.
The first round was online round having 2 coding and 10 mutiple choice questions. MCQs were mostly from OS,Data Structures,Networking. There was no negative marking. The questions were of easy to moderate level.
The second round was a technical one.Questions from C,C++,Data Structures, Object Oriented Programming were asked.There was short discussion on CV and projects done along with one design question.
In the third round all candidates were asked to sit together and questions like behavioural, experience.feedback(both positive and negative) were asked.
The whole procedure throughout the day was very smooth. I had a wonderfull experience with them.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
Questions from OOPs concept like what are the advantages over Procedural Based Programming ? What is difference between C and C++? What are advantages of Java ?
The technical interview was much tougher than I anticipated. I faced a DSA question related to word searches that required optimizing a brute-force approach with a Trie. It was intense, but the practice I’d done on PracHub the week before really helped solidify my understanding of the problem-solving techniques. The behavioral round felt lighter, focusing on teamwork and project experience. After a couple of days, I received an offer, which I happily accepted. Overall, it was a challenging yet rewarding experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Word Search II - given an m x n board of characters and a list of words, return all words that can be formed from sequentially adjacent cells; had to optimize the brute-force backtracking with a Trie to pass the time limit
The interview process started with an online coding assessment that included DSA and problem-solving questions. After clearing the test, I had two technical interview rounds focused on data structures, OOPs concepts, DBMS, and project discussion. The final round was with the hiring manager where they asked about teamwork, problem solving, and career goals. The interviewers were professional and the process was smooth overall.
Went through 3 rounds. First round was a technical interview - it was a take home assessment. I didn't pass the test cases but still went through to the next round. The onsite had 1 behavioral, 1 system design, and 1 technical Leetcode style interview. It was in person on a whiteboard.