I applied online. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Salesforce (Toronto, ON)
Interview
The entire company and management team are skilled and knowledgeable. However, the interview process is extremely drawn out and convoluted.
They stress that it should be your sole focus, that it's harder to get into than Harvard, and that they recommend not mentioning any other companies being interested in you. Seriously.
They have a massive God complex when they introspectively view their company and hiring process. Be forewarned that you may be a fantastic professional but if one person thinks you won't be a fit "off dashboard" during the process, then you're s.o.l. my friend. This coming from someone who made it to the final presentation stage after 4 separate interviews in the process.
Feeling somewhat relieved to have not gotten the position in what is sure to be a micromanagement environment.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Salesforce (San Francisco, CA) in Mar 2010
Interview
The initial recruiting process was very fast by an in-house recruiter from Salesforce.com. Salesforce.com has a great structured process for Account Executives (AEs) There are several stages which vary from an individual to a group interview with the direct hiring manager as well as other area or peers. The final stage is to do a sales call and conduct a sales meeting based on a given scenario.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I don't think there was a difficult question as long as you prepare and you have done your due diligence and have done your homework about industry, client success stories (this is very important) and you prepare for the sales meeting.
I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Salesforce (San Francisco, CA) in May 2014
Interview
I had an initial review with the recruiter, and she seemed more interested in what I make than what my qualifications are. I thought it was weird that she asked me my current salary on the first interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I was surprised she asked me my salary. Additionally, she offered nothing as far as what the job entailed, and didn't have any technical knowledge of the software this position is supposed to be selling.