I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Salesforce
Interview
It started with some back and forth with a very busy recruiter. Time went by and the hiring manager called. All of this transpired over a few months. Had a great call with the hiring manager and then had an in-person meeting. We planned for the demo/panel presentation a few weeks from when we met in person.
Preparing for the demo is a lot of work. The goal is to focus on the value Saleforce brings to the mock company in the case study, not to what bells and whistles you can show and configure. You'll get as help as you need during this process. It will become a night/weekend second job for a few weeks.
The demo went well. There are a variety of people in the room that will ask you different questions. Some I honestly didn't know the answers to - sometimes I guessed, others I said that we'd discuss it on our next call. It's impossible to know everything about the platform in a few weeks - they just want to see how you react to something you don't know.
Focus on talking what you know about, tell lots of stories and mention successful Salesforce customers.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why should we buy Salesforce over XXX (other platform you're familiar with)?
The interview process was thorough and challenging, but ultimately a positive experience. Glenn and Steve were very friendly to talk to. Admittedly the process was longer than I might normally expect, with weeks between communications
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If you could solve any one problem in the world, what would it be?
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Salesforce (San Antonio, TX) in Jan 2022
Interview
I was reached out to a few months ago while job searching by a recruiter. I have had a former coworker join SF and heard decent things about the culture and pay. I only had one interview that I cut short as the first question they asked was why I chose to take the interview to which I explained the above. Then they asked me a handful of interrogation questions like what I knew about their culture, how it was different, what were my expectations in salary, but this was done in a rapid fire way and in a very rude manner and framed more hypothetically. I don’t think they actually wanted me to answer, they were trying to test me. I ended the call.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Salesforce
Interview
Six 30 min interviews with different team members and other key teams. Plus a final panel presentation where interviewees role play a customer and you present to them as a Sales Engineer
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Sales experience and understanding of the sales process.