I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Salesforce (San Francisco, CA) in Jul 2015
Interview
2 rounds with internal recruiters, and then a final onsite with a current SDR and two of the SDR team managers.
First two rounds with the recruiters were very straight-forward, made it sound like the process would move smooth. Final round was less than smooth. The first SDR I was speaking with didn't know my name, and had no questions prepared for me. I felt like I was the one who was facilitating the interview. The second round was just having questions fired at me for 40 minutes, some of which has nothing to do with sales or the job because they want to see how you "handle curveballs." At the end when closing the interviewers I found the hesitations they had quite rude and less about the role overall but instead about me personally. I've heard from other people who interviewed here that the process and interview was quite crass, and I could not agree more. Left a very bad taste in my mouth and walked away feeling extremely put off. Could not wait to get out of the building.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Who is your biggest inspiration? What is the one question you wished we'd asked you? How would you explain Salesforce to someone who didn't know what it is? Why Salesforce?
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Salesforce in Jul 2015
Interview
Referral, got a call from an account executive to talk about the position and Salesforce. Was asked about sales experience specifically with software, my background experience, and what I know about Salesforce. Was referred to another account executive from potential team to work with. Had a 20 minute call, was asked why I want to work in sales, what my background is, why Salesforce, and things that are on my resume.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Salesforce (Chicago, IL) in Jul 2015
Interview
6 interviews - 2 with HR via phone, 1 with sales manager via phone, 3 in-person.
Interview process was difficult, but I prepared and had the metrics to back it up. Be sure to be prepared. If you don't actually want to be in sales long-term, I wouldn't waste your time. I had a positive interview experience and really liked everyone I spoke with.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If you could travel back to any time frame in history, what would it be and why