I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Salesforce (Seattle, WA) in Nov 2020
Interview
Applied for a Director role for customer data. Cleared my calendar for the call. Recruiter texts me after no show for the phone screen telling me that she has got an all-hands and do I have another time to connect. Sent her a couple of options via text immediately. No response and ghosted me after that. My experience is probably a rarity considering the other posts here but still was disappointed as a reputed org like Salesforce employing such unprofessional recruiters. Hopefully there is some accountability.
I applied online. I interviewed at Salesforce (Stockholm, Stockholm)
Interview
First interview with HR, followed by interviews with several people from various departments (some of them from completely unrelated areas), and the process ended with a live case study simulation. The preparation for the case study was quite intense as the scope of work requested was very wide, which I found kind of unfair as they expect candidates to invest so much time preparing for a final step in the recruitment process. Because there were so many interviewers attending the final case study simulation, I felt that no one took the actual responsibility for guiding me through the recruitment process and properly briefing me for each step, which resulted in misaligned expectations for the final presentation.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
There wasn’t any unusual or new question. All the interviewers went through the classical flow of getting to understand a bit about me as a person, career evolution, questions to qualify fit with the role
I had several rounds of interviews, including with both senior team members and peers of the hiring manager. These were broken into four interviews, two of which had two interviewers.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They explained some of the challenges in the department and asked how I would formulate a way to address the issue, including if I had done this in previous companies and what worked/didn't work.
The interview process was engaging and thorough. I felt like I got a good idea of the culture and the team I could work with.
Each Interviewer did ask different questions and gave me time to ask mine.