I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Salesforce (Vancouver, BC) in Apr 2020
Interview
I've been referred by a former colleague. The whole process was as smooth as it can possibly be. The Technical Recruiter was there for me throughout the entire process, and interviews have been set up to accommodate my schedule. I've got a list of people whom I will be talking to along with interview dates well in advance, so, I had enough time to prepare and learn a bit more about my future interviewees.
As the actual process goes, I'd say it was pretty standard and straight forward. Started with a Technical Recruiter/Hiring Manager call, followed by an interview loop with a number of people, each of which has been focusing on specific aspects. I've got to talk to Product Head, Eng. Manager, Directors of Engineering as well as PMTS and MTS.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Questions where around leadership style, conflict resolution, team building, system design as well as successful and unsuccessful examples of driving technical innovation, managing projects or individuals within the team.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Salesforce (San Francisco, CA) in May 2019
Interview
After submitting my resume to a internal referrer, I had a screening phone call by the VP of Software Engineering within a couple of weeks. A phone interview was set up with the hiring manager, then an onsite interview consisting of four sessions. Two of the sessions were panels of two engineers. The team is quite delightful! Interview process was fantastic.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Salesforce (Indianapolis, IN) in Dec 2018
Interview
Spoke on the phone and via email with a Salesforce recruiter. Quickly setup the interview due to incoming holidays. Agreed to interview Friday, interview loop setup for Tuesday. Interview started at noon and ended at 3:30pm.
First interview @ noon: With a Senior Manager, had a nice coding question dealing with data structures and performance consideration. Behavior questions about previous management experience dealing with low-performers.
Second Interview @ 1pm: Another senior manager, focused questions on live site experience. I went over a live site experience I had just the week before.
Third interview @ 2pm: Senior PM Director, behavior questions focused on management style.
Fourth interviewer @ 3pm: VP, no specific questions for me, so I asked questions. He did ask a few questions after some of my questions, but was more of a dialog.
All interviewers were great at answering questions, and I had a lot! I feel my questions effectively answered most of their questions. Great group of folks that I would love to work with.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me of a time when one of your direct reports was not performing up to expectations. How did you address the situations? What was the ultimate outcome?