I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Salesforce in Sep 2011
Interview
I initially had a phone screen with the internal recruiter, who suggested I have a one on one interview with the hiring manager. The following week, the recruiter informed me that the hiring manager wanted to meet me in person. Aproximately 2 weeks later I was asked to complete a presentation for a "Case Study". He emailed me the details of the case study and I spent seven days preparing for it. Approximately 2 weeks later I was advised by phone that the role had been given to an internal candidate.
A week after this I was contacted and advised that the company had increased head count and that because they were very interested in my background they wanted me back for a further interview. The following Monday I arrived at their office for a Video hook up with their VP and Hiring Manager to be advised that the meetig was cancelled and re scheduled for later that week.
Having waited 3 weeks after this video conference interview I was advised that I was to partcipate in a telephone conference call with their MD of UK who managed the Asia Pacific region. Following 2 postponements the date was finally set. O the day of the final conference call I sat on the phone for ten minutes waiting for the MD to join the conference call. When it was apparent he would not show I rang the internal HR and they advised they had just received a email cancelling the conference call.
However, the next week came and went with no update. The following week, I sent an email to the HR recruiter and did not receive a response. A few days later, the HR recruiter advised he found my email in his Junk Mail and that he was still trying to arrange another conference call. Following another 2 weeks I sent another email which bounced back with HR recruiter on anual leave. When I rang the HR department I was advised that all roles had been filled.
Having spent 3 months going through 6 interviews including a case study and then being asked to attend a failed conference call and then to be told that there are no jobs anyway?It is shocking to me that this is the way that Salesforce.com does business. I guess I should be relieved since I imagine this is symptomatic of how they treat their employees and customers.
This would be the worst process I have ever come across for the way candidates are treated.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Customer business case requiring enterprise architecture background to advise customer of solutions.
The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Salesforce (Toronto, ON) in Apr 2009
Interview
Interviewed with the potential boss first, followed by a group interview by two VP Sales. Asked a lot about experience in sales - no questions outside a standard interview practice. Process took about 3 weeks, ultimately I declined the offer. Good company, very good comp. Fast paced environment, very sales-centric.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Salesforce (San Francisco, CA) in Oct 2010
Interview
Started with employee referral.
1/2 hour initial phone interview with HR recruiter.
Two subsequent 1/2 hour phone interviews with more senior roles in Client Services.
Both interviews were very different.
First was mostly questions, second was mostly interviewer talking about the company & the role.
Sample questions:
1) What are the greatest challenges to cloud computing?
2) How do you think this position should be evaluated, i.e., what should the performance metrics be?
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
What are the greatest challenges in getting customers to accept cloud computing?