Questions d'entretien chez Salesforce

The interview process was roughly 6 weeks start to finish and roughly 4 main steps. 1. Spoke with a Recruiter, Therese, who walked through my background, told me a bit about the job to see if the role was a fit. 2. Spoke with a Regional Sales Manager via phone, very similar to step one, about 30 minutes 3. Virtual meeting with 2 Regional Sales Managers, deep dive into my background, what have I learned from these opportunities, where did i struggle, what has gone well, etc. 4, Panel Presentation on Salesforce, walking through a deal and territory. Pretty straight forward, was meant to see how you interact and present to a client All in it was a great experience, loved the people I got to speak with and Therese was super helpful along the way.

I applied for an internal communications role at Salesforce, and this was definitely one of the most upsetting interview experiences I've ever had. The irony is that this role sat on their Equality (DEI) team; as a candidate, I couldn't have felt more devalued and disrespected...two things (among many) that a culture that is truly committed to ensuring others feel safe, seen, and valued would actively work against. The interview process was highly disorganized and lacked transparency (which the recruiter unprofessionally blamed on the hiring manager): 1. First, I was contacted by a diversity recruiter to schedule a phone interview. *I identify as BIPOC, which I presume is why I was contacted by a diversity recruiter* 2. The next day, the recruiter emails me to push back the interview time because the time slot *she proposed, I accepted, and she confirmed* got double-booked. A little strange but not a big deal at the time, so I agreed. Along with scheduling this initial phone interview, the recruiter asked me to complete a writing assessment - a minimum 700-word blog article PLUS a deck slide summarizing the blog. This felt like a big ask for such early stages of the process, but I obliged because I was really interested in the role, Equality team, and Salesforce as an organization. THE SAME DAY, 7 hours later - the recruiter emails me again, this time to CANCEL my phone interview, citing that "I just got an update from the hiring manager and she plans to review all of the writing assignments and will then decide who she would like to move forward with. I'll circle back regarding next steps." So no interview, but still wants me to complete the assignment first before they know anything else about me and vice versa. Again, an extensive writing assignment (which took me 8+ hours because it required research + design) without so much as an initial screen seems like a lot to ask of applicants, but as a job seeker, you're often unfairly put in positions where you can either choose between integrity and principle OR doing whatever you need to do to get the job. And all of this is happening during the global pandemic, so needless to say... I needed a job. So despite being highly annoyed at this point, I said "sure, no problem!" and proceeded to waste time on the assignment. 3. I say "waste" time because that is exactly what happened. The recruiter gave me two days to complete the exercise, and let's say the due date was on a Wednesday. I submitted the assignment on Wednesday and on Thursday (YES THE VERY NEXT DAY!!!), I was told that the hiring manager extended an offer to a finalist. I WAS FLOORED. They were *clearly* in final interview stages with candidates when they initially reached out to me and asked me to engage in an extensive process, yet rather than being transparent about that, the company would rather waste my time (and likely that of many other candidates). When I challenged the recruiter about what happened, she simply blamed it on the hiring manager being wishy-washy and disorganized. And while that may be true, it's *very unacceptable* - just because you're a hiring authority, you don't get to be inconsiderate and disrespectful towards prospective employees. Remember, recruiters and hiring managers, you were once a job seeker. And you likely will be again in the future. Definitely NOT a place I'd want to work for if that's how you treat people - a frustrating experience for sure, but you absolutely did me a favor.

First there was a call with a hiring manager, then another call with a director. A case study was then given and the next call was to present the case study to all the directors and the hiring manager. Process took about 3 weeks, all interviews were done remotely.

Multiple interviews with hiring manager and team members. HR Recruiting was peripherally involved nd didn’t control the hiring process. Received conflicting information about org structure, business model. Never received any decision.

OA followed by 2 x 30 min interviews. First was behavioural (questions like "what project are you most proud of?"), second was technical. Lots of time to ask questions at the end.

60 min online assessment with two easy or medium questions if you are chosen by a team as a candidate then 30 min tech + 45 min manager questions are not difficult

I applied online and TWO MONTHS later a recruiter drop me an email and would like to have a call like 1 hour later. And recruiter requested to switch to google meet during the call which is a bit awkward. And one week later someone arranged a peer interview with me. And recruiter ghosted after that. I am okay to receive a thank you email but not like this. In general speaking , the recruiting is terrible and extremely slow. I will avoid any Salesforce related positions in the future.

I applied through the referral process and was connected with the recruiter, Isiah, to have a quick screening call to go over my experience. He was fantastic through the whole process. The next week I had a one hour interview with the Director and two BDR managers, one of which I would have reported to. All of them were fantastic, so kind and engaging and really passionate about Salesforce. All of the questions were related to my experience and how it would translate to how it’s done at Salesforce in addition to why I wanted to work at Salesforce and why now. I prepared heavily for Salesforce technical questions and completed the recommended trailhead but did not receive any questions on that.

Very personal and comfortable. The interviewers took the time to ask thoughtful questions and listen attentively to my responses. Received and offer but decided to accept a position with another company.

I had a very good initial interview with the internal recruiter, then a good interview with the hiring manager. After that they sent me an evaluation -- a small website to test to find issues. I spent several hours on the evaluation, sent it in, and was ghosted. I never heard anything from them -- even a rejection -- despite contacting them several times.