I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Salesforce (San Francisco, CA) in Dec 2009
Interview
Inside recruiter contacted me and set-up a date & time to talk. He didn't keep the commitment to call me and I had to call him to remind him.
My feeling is that they do interview without having a specific job in mind. Even though I applied to a sr. acct. mgr. position.
The process for the interview as described by the inside recruiter is ardous. After talking with the hiring manager, his/her manager you must do a presentation to a group of people?!
I didn't come away from this phone interview with a positive feeling about salesforce.com. The attitude I felt was "we're a great company and we don't need you".
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
It would be that the inside recruiter sent me follow-up questions to answer as he had to get off the phone.
The follow-up questions were ones he had already asked me? Hey, are you listening?
Recruiter missed multiple interviews only to tell me they have no positions only.
6 months later I receive an interview invite with pay $20k lower than originally discussed
Manager arrives late to the interview then cuts the time early. Company seems disorganized and difficult to take seriously as a so called leader in SaaS.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explain your sales process
How do you perform outreach
Describe a deal won
Apply via Workday, initial recruiter screening via phone call, 1:1 manager interview and introduction, then panel presentation with role play. You'll need to build and present a deck in the final stages.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Walk me through a deal example and how you won the opportunity.
pretty easy interview. Had to do a case. It felt like it was just a formality and they put me up to it to fit into their standard processes. Not the best experience but it is what it is