I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Salesforce (London, England) in Apr 2018
Interview
In total, I had 4 hangout sessions with HR, manager and team members, all of them describing the role itself and making sure the job specs were clear and I was happy with that.
Wasn't asked lot's of useless academic questions, and more general conversation about daily situations and ideal solutions for real problems.
I felt already part of the team during the interview, really nice people.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What would you do if you don't know the solution for a certain problem and nobody could help at that time, but you need to give the customer a feedback?
The technical interview was much tougher than I anticipated. I faced a DSA question related to word searches that required optimizing a brute-force approach with a Trie. It was intense, but the practice I’d done on PracHub the week before really helped solidify my understanding of the problem-solving techniques. The behavioral round felt lighter, focusing on teamwork and project experience. After a couple of days, I received an offer, which I happily accepted. Overall, it was a challenging yet rewarding experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Word Search II - given an m x n board of characters and a list of words, return all words that can be formed from sequentially adjacent cells; had to optimize the brute-force backtracking with a Trie to pass the time limit
The interview process started with an online coding assessment that included DSA and problem-solving questions. After clearing the test, I had two technical interview rounds focused on data structures, OOPs concepts, DBMS, and project discussion. The final round was with the hiring manager where they asked about teamwork, problem solving, and career goals. The interviewers were professional and the process was smooth overall.
Went through 3 rounds. First round was a technical interview - it was a take home assessment. I didn't pass the test cases but still went through to the next round. The onsite had 1 behavioral, 1 system design, and 1 technical Leetcode style interview. It was in person on a whiteboard.