I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 days. I interviewed at Salesforce (San Mateo, CA) in May 2015
Interview
Referral. Salesforce is a great company from what I know about it. But the recruiter that I got stuck with was highly unprofessional and a bad representation of the company. First off, for the phone screen scheduling she emailed the same email twice after I had responded (perhaps because she had deleted the first email). This was not a big deal. Onto the phone interview we finally scheduled, the tone of the entire conversation was as if she had her selection of candidates already and this was a formality. She constantly interrupted me on EVERY response I had and even went as far as to say that she has far more better candidates than myself. Inappropriate as much, explaining herself that she is looking for this and that in the role and not letting the candidate speak at all is simply bad recruiting and highly unprofessional.
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?