I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Salesforce in Nov 2018
Interview
Met recruiter at a career fair in fall.
In-person interview that day.
2 problem hackerrank test next week.
2 Technical Phone interviews in the following weeks.
The entire process from application to offer was extremely streamlined and efficient (< 4 weeks)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Some string formatting, OOP principles, Software Design patterns, SQL and Java-specific questions.
100 lightswitch brainteaser
I got an home assessment, managed through the Hackerrank system.
It had 3 Leetcode questions, one was pretty simple and the second was harder. Needed to be with my camera on the whole session, and full screen. They gave 60 minutes to the whole session - means the two questions
Waiting for next steps.
oa-> recruitercall -> 2 45 min interviews
one behavioral, this is standard, use STAR method to answer culture fit and other Qs
, one LLD (design an elevator class and scheduler, with increasing levels of complexity)
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Salesforce (San Francisco, CA)
Interview
It was really smooth, I loved my recruiter and everybody was really friendly. 2 rounds, 1 technical, 1 behavorial, each 45 min. Behavioral had questions related to their core values and technical was a LC easy. Technical had a lot of concept questions and a bit of practial design collaborate session.