I interviewed at Salesforce (Atlanta, GA) in Apr 2017
Interview
4 round interview process. It started with a 30 minute phone conversation with a recruiter. The recruiter will ask about your work experience, why you are interested in Salesforce and some questions about your salary. From there, he or she will decide whether or not to set you up with a manager for the next round. Round 2 is a 30 minute phone conversation with a hiring manager. Round 3 is an onsite interview with two hiring managers. This interview is a chronological look at your resume and how you have performed in each role. Be prepared to go over actual results. And for the last round, you will have a 30-45 minute presentation to the Vice President and at least two hiring managers. The presentation is based on a PowerPoint deck you are given from your recruiter. This is pretty challenging as the directions are somewhat vague so the interviewers can see how you handle it. They are primarily looking at your presentation skills but you need to have a good slide deck as well.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why do you want to transition into the technology sector?
Why Salesforce?
What did you do different than other sales reps that made you successful?
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
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 606 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 606 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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