I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Salesforce (Seattle, WA)
Interview
1. Hackerrank OA
2. Recruiter call
Logistics questions and why Salesforce
3. Cultural fit interview:
Past experiences and general behavioral questions
4. Technical interview:
Java, Python, Tools from resume and few behavioral questions
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Exception handling in python, threads in Java, OOPs
Round0: OA 3 questions, were easy maybe doing it quicker would help
Round1: Lot of basic level LLD questions and 3 basic DSA questions like implement binarysearch, swap two variables without using temp and merge two sorted linked lists
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Difficult interview
Application
I applied online. I interviewed at Salesforce (San Francisco, CA) in Jan 2026
Interview
Got OA in Dec 2025. Recruiter reached out for next steps involving 45 min behavioral interview with the SWE director followed by a technical onsite. Was asked a medium LC and a mini systems design question.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a time where you had to give feedback to a teammate.
1st round is OA, contunuing with 1 technical round in volving dsa questins, discussion about projects, operating system, objective oriented programming, and finally a hr round involving basic hr qiestions