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      Lead Software Engineer Interview

      Apr 3, 2019
      Anonymous employee
      San Francisco, CA

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      Lead Software Engineer Interview

      May 20, 2025
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Hyderābād
      No offer
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Salesforce (San Francisco, CA) in Jan 2019

      Interview

      First round was with hiring team member who asked about my current job, challenges, problems that I have solved in the past and experience in the relevant areas to their project. Second round was a coding challenge on hacker rank. 2 hrs. I really liked the problem & its scope. Then there was onsite. Had like 6 rounds. First was whiteboard coding and API design round. Questions were very relevant to the project. The following round was about my experience, roles & responsibilities, technical skills & challenges from recent projects. Then there was a lunch and I believe it was a cultural fit sort of discussion. Then there was a coding round which again was highly relevant to the project and hardcore computer science distributed systems fundamentals. Then the architect round was where I had to solve distributed systems design challenges and share about some the distributed problems in my recent projects and how we solved them. Final round was kind of problem solving round again relevant to the project which I believe was picking my brains on some of the challenges they have & how would I solve those problems. Overall, it was one of the best interview experiences I had as the problems, discussions & assessments were highly relevant to the projects & problems at hand rather than some random template based or leet code questions. All my interactions with individuals were warm & enjoyable.

      Interview questions [2]

      Question 1

      Have you ever built a distributed database?
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      Question 2

      How would you implement a read/write lock for a table in a database?
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      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Salesforce (Hyderābād)

      Interview

      I went through four rounds: 1. Hacker rank (1 easy and 1 medium) 2. Architecture / Distributed systems design 3. Low level design of a generic system 4. Coding and fixing code

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      1. User/system event log that is searchable 2. Url shortener / Job scheduler 3. Highest card wins game for coding
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      Lead Software Engineer Interview

      Feb 5, 2025
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Salesforce in Jan 2025

      Interview

      I had a disappointing experience which i never expected from Salesforce Hiring manager. During the interview, the hiring manager was unprofessional and mocking at the answers. A constructive discussions and a respectful approach should have created a better experience for both parties.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      How would you troubleshoot an infrastructure solution.
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      Lead Software Engineer Interview

      Feb 3, 2025
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Hyderābād
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Salesforce (Hyderābād) in Mar 2024

      Interview

      Online hacker rank test then 4 rounds of interviews 1. Coding where had to solve two medium level question in an hour 2. Low level design: data migration service 3. System Design: rate limiter 4. Behavioural Overall process was smooth. interviewers were helpful and overall good discussion

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      1. design rate limiter 2. design data migration service
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