Lead Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Salesforce with 3.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 82% positive. To compare, the company-average is 79.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Lead Software Engineer roles take an average of 26 days to get hired, when considering 22 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Salesforce overall takes an average of 34 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Salesforce as a Lead Software Engineer according to 22 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 25%
One on one interview: 22%
Group panel interview: 15%
Presentation: 15%
Drug test: 12%
Other: 4%
Background check: 4%
Skills test: 1%
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I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Salesforce (Remote, OR) in Oct 2018
Interview
I got referred to a friend's team at Salesforce, but at that time, that team already had great candidate in the process. My recruiter then suggested a new role from another team, which turns out to be more relatable to what I want to do.
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Question 1
It's a mini project that you will have 2 hours to finish, you need to build that project and add test cases to test it. But I can't post the questions here.
I went through four rounds:
1. Hacker rank (1 easy and 1 medium)
2. Architecture / Distributed systems design
3. Low level design of a generic system
4. Coding and fixing code
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Question 1
1. User/system event log that is searchable
2. Url shortener / Job scheduler
3. Highest card wins game for coding
I applied online. I interviewed at Salesforce in Jan 2025
Interview
I had a disappointing experience which i never expected from Salesforce Hiring manager. During the interview, the hiring manager was unprofessional and mocking at the answers. A constructive discussions and a respectful approach should have created a better experience for both parties.
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Question 1
How would you troubleshoot an infrastructure solution.
I applied online. I interviewed at Salesforce (Hyderābād) in Mar 2024
Interview
Online hacker rank test
then 4 rounds of interviews
1. Coding where had to solve two medium level question in an hour
2. Low level design: data migration service
3. System Design: rate limiter
4. Behavioural
Overall process was smooth. interviewers were helpful and overall good discussion
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. design rate limiter
2. design data migration service