I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Salesforce in Nov 2020
Interview
virtual interview, had only the first 2 rounds, first round was decent, second round was pathetic, felt interviewer was very much biased not ready to explain the problem, felt most of the interviewers from that particular base is biased against others.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
i am putting it exactly how the biased interviewer put the question, "In a railway station, trains are arriving at every 10mins, another train arrives at once in every 15mins, how many platforms the station has?", i asked him multiple clarifications on the questions (listed below) and always got the same annoying reply, "the question is clear, do you have any questions?"
1. Me: so there are two trains? Interviewer: No answer but humming something..
2. Me: so it's spans for multiple days? Interviewer:"the question is clear, do you have any questions?"
3. Me: can you give me a sample input/output? am unable to understand. Interviewer: the question is clear, do you have any questions?
In-between he got busy in the other monitor, whatever i ask or talk he kept humming something..
i shared the interview feedback with HR and as everyone knows of this salesforce(or microsoft) hyderabad culture, got no acknowledgment. i think as most of the employees are from that particular state their intention is to reject outsiders.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Salesforce (San Francisco, CA)
Interview
The recruiter and hiring manager were really friendly and accommodated my requests. I had a call with the recruiter and a video interview with my hiring manager. By the time I was called onsite, there were some COVID-19 cases in the Bay Area and one of my colleagues suspected that he was infected. I did not want to risk infection by visiting the office for the interview. They were open to that and all 4 interviews were done virtually. The process was very smooth and the recruiter was prompt in addressing queries.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Salesforce (San Francisco, CA) in Mar 2020
Interview
The recruiter approached me from LinkedIn.
The process and review were very fast and overall its smooth process.
It was a pleasure to work with recruiter and entire team for interviews.
They allow wfh if you stay south bay.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. There was a phone screen (Data structures)
2. Take home 3-hour test. (Data structures)
3. Onsite interview 5 rounds (Data structures, Java, Design and Behavioural)