I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Salesforce (San Francisco, CA) in Jan 2011
Interview
The interview process started off with a phone screen from the recruiter, then a call with one of the Sales Development Managers which took two weeks to schedule because of some mix up on the manager's part. The next part was 1:1 interviews with 4 individuals (consisting of 2 Enterprise Business Managers and 2 Enterprise Business Representatives). The interview with the Enterprise Business Representatives were very casual which is not always good because it makes you casual too. The Enterprise Business Managers asked questions like: "How would you sell Salesforce to a VP of Sales"? "How would you sell our support product to a VP of Customer Support" "How would you start building accounts?" "Which tools would you use to find information?" Although they didn't ask me about my knowledge of their other products, it will earn you bonus points if you name drop them into examples. The environment was typical corporate. Cubicles. Nothing special and it did not seem that fun. Everyone that I met seemed to be drinking the kool-aid.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Salesforce (New York, NY) in May 2016
Interview
It was long and multi step - took over 2 months before final interview / offer, which included a phone screen, two hour in person interview with 6 people total, and then a follow up final interview / level setting conversation, all before the offer. After my in person interview, they told me they wanted to extend an offer but were unable to do so until they got headcount / a firm start date. From start to finish, it was a 2 month long process from initial phone screen to final offer date.
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Question 1
Why Salesforce? What was your best win? What was your best loss? What would your boss say about you if we call and asked them?
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Salesforce (Chicago, IL) in Feb 2016
Interview
Reached out to recruiter, no referral. 3 phone calls and invite to on-site. I flew across the country and paid for my own travel and accommodations. 4 person interview including 2 hiring managers in panel. Was professionally informed within 2 days of follow-up they selected another candidate who was better able to articulate their metrics and KPI's. I work for a small start-up with a newer sales team and my numbers and stack ranking are not as developed as a mid-size and large sales organization. I will need to get experience at a major sales organization and have verified KPI's to avoid this fate in the future.
I am pleased with my efforts considering I cold called them and got to the decision makers, the very nature of the job I was applying for. Disappointed I did not get hired due to things largely out of my control.
I applied online. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Salesforce
Interview
Two phone interviews around past experience and a little bit of coaching, ,4 person panel, pretty basic stuff-two manager and two EBRs, a lot of random questions but overall very standard procedure.