I applied through an employee referral. The process took 6 months. I interviewed at Salesforce (Bellevue, WA) in Feb 2018
Interview
I applied to this role at their Bellevue, WA office. It is probably one of the slowest/worst Interview process I have experienced in my 20+ years career. The interview was not hard at all. If you have a decent idea about running a program management function at cloud scale, you should do just fine. What really baffled me is that company that for a company that talks so much about values, they did not even have a decency of closing the interview loop with a decision. I probably have written over half a dozen emails between February and April. They responded to first few saying they are still talking to other candidates, and they just stopped responding. It is quite disrespectful to a candidate, who probably has spent a ton of time preparing for the interview and spent the whole day in their premises talking to the people, that they do not offer a basic courtesy of a decision. To be honest, I am totally ok with a no-hire decision and I understand that as a hiring team majority of your decisions are going be no-hire decisions. As a candidate, I know that my statistical odds are very low for most of the jobs I interview for. But please have some respect for the people who put so much effort to go through the process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I won't disclose the specifics because I signed NDA. But be prepared for questions that are critical to your role - things such as working under competing priorities, team challenges, high level distributed systems architecture etc.,
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Salesforce (San Francisco, CA) in Jan 2024
Interview
The experience was mediocre overall, characterized by a lengthy and complex interview process. The recruitment involved numerous rounds of interviews, each targeting different aspects of the candidate's qualifications and fit for the role. These rounds included interactions with a diverse range of personnel, from entry-level team members to senior executives, providing a comprehensive view of the company's hierarchy.
Internally, the organization grapples with significant structural inefficiencies. The company's operations are hindered by multiple layers of bureaucracy, creating a cumbersome decision-making process.
I applied online. I interviewed at Salesforce (Bengaluru) in Sep 2021
Interview
The overall interview process was smooth. I was getting approval for most of the questions on the program management. I was terrified to hear next day that hiring team didn't want to proceed further with my candidature. Overall the experience was disappointing.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Salesforce (Buenos Aires) in May 2021
Interview
great process, the recruiter was always on top of having me aware of next steps. The process was 4 interviews in total and one was panel presenting an exercise with Q&A.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What's something that went wrong in a project and what you have learned?