The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Salesforce (Chicago, IL) in Apr 2008
Interview
Multiple face to face interviews. Once whittled down to one of the 2-3 final candidates you are flown to San Francisco for interviews with senior management. Very intense interview process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Walk me through a recent $500k+ CRM sale that you had
The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Salesforce (San Francisco, CA) in Feb 2010
Interview
The phone interview was not difficult but the recruiter was timid, quiet, and seemed uninterested in my well prepared, enthusiastic, and candid responses. I would have appreciated a better recruiter or at least one who took pride in her job. I had much better experiences interviewing with other tech companies.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Salesforce (Toronto, ON) in Apr 2010
Interview
The interview process involves email communication confirming interest in pursuing opportunities at Salesforce.com, a telephone interview, a face to face interview with the recruiter, a panel interview and the presentation of a case study analysis. The process is very vague. I was never told what specific sales position I was interviewing for, let alone the scope or territory of the position. I was uneasy that my questions about sales methodology were unanswered and the continual emphasis during the interview process was on "the 60 day sales cycle", the "fast pace workplace" and that "you can make a lot of money here". It felt more like a boiler room shop than a sales organization. It was probably for the best that no offer was made as I don't think there would have been a good match.