I applied through an employee referral. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Salesforce (San Francisco, CA) in Dec 2016
Interview
The entire process was well organized with good communication between each step. There was a phone call with the recruiter, followed by two phone calls with the hiring manager, and two rounds of in-person interviews including future direct reports. As a final step, I also interviewed with the SVP over a call. I was also interviewing at Google and Apple at the same time and had a much better experience with Salesforce - communication was clearer, quicker, and the process moved at a much steadier pace. The interview process also took into account culture fit to ensure good chemistry with the team, which I appreciated.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I was asked about my entrepreneurial/startup background and how that would fit with the team and overall Salesforce culture
I applied online. I interviewed at Salesforce (Estocolmo, )
Interview
First interview with HR, followed by interviews with several people from various departments (some of them from completely unrelated areas), and the process ended with a live case study simulation. The preparation for the case study was quite intense as the scope of work requested was very wide, which I found kind of unfair as they expect candidates to invest so much time preparing for a final step in the recruitment process. Because there were so many interviewers attending the final case study simulation, I felt that no one took the actual responsibility for guiding me through the recruitment process and properly briefing me for each step, which resulted in misaligned expectations for the final presentation.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
There wasn’t any unusual or new question. All the interviewers went through the classical flow of getting to understand a bit about me as a person, career evolution, questions to qualify fit with the role
I had several rounds of interviews, including with both senior team members and peers of the hiring manager. These were broken into four interviews, two of which had two interviewers.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They explained some of the challenges in the department and asked how I would formulate a way to address the issue, including if I had done this in previous companies and what worked/didn't work.
The interview process was engaging and thorough. I felt like I got a good idea of the culture and the team I could work with.
Each Interviewer did ask different questions and gave me time to ask mine.
