Account Executive applicants have rated the interview process at Salesforce with 3.4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 81% positive. To compare, the company-average is 79.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Account Executive roles take an average of 34 days to get hired, when considering 605 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Salesforce overall takes an average of 34 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Salesforce as a Account Executive according to 605 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 22%
Group panel interview: 19%
One on one interview: 16%
Background check: 15%
Presentation: 12%
Drug test: 9%
Skills test: 3%
Personality test: 1%
IQ intelligence test: 1%
Other: 1%
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I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Salesforce (San Francisco, CA) in Sep 2016
Interview
There was a phone interview, then an in-person interview. The phone interview took about an hour, the in-person interview took about 45 minutes. They ask pretty standard interview questions. What's strange is that the Salesforce employees I spoke with outside the interview process told me to focus on being a culture fit & to get to know their marketing speak.
The RVP I interviewed with was super-focused on metrics and meeting quota. He didn't seem engaged in the interview process, though it could have been because I interviewed on a Friday afternoon.
I encourage you to interview in the morning. Know your sales metrics backwards and forwards before interviewing.
Recruiter missed multiple interviews only to tell me they have no positions only.
6 months later I receive an interview invite with pay $20k lower than originally discussed
Manager arrives late to the interview then cuts the time early. Company seems disorganized and difficult to take seriously as a so called leader in SaaS.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explain your sales process
How do you perform outreach
Describe a deal won
Apply via Workday, initial recruiter screening via phone call, 1:1 manager interview and introduction, then panel presentation with role play. You'll need to build and present a deck in the final stages.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Walk me through a deal example and how you won the opportunity.
pretty easy interview. Had to do a case. It felt like it was just a formality and they put me up to it to fit into their standard processes. Not the best experience but it is what it is