I applied through other source. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Salesforce in Aug 2015
Interview
3 interviews in total including 1 telephone interview with recruitment team, 1 face to face with HR ("Employee Success" team) and 1 with line.
Requested out of hours and kept me waiting without a receptionist. Recruitment and HR came across as condescending and arrogant, assuming I would want to work for the "best company in the world to work for" without understanding what best is for me.
When I asked about the culture everyone referred me to the videos on YouTube. I've seen the videos, I wanted a conversation!
HR repeating the same lines as in the videos e.g. "I couldn't imagine working anywhere else" but not able after 3 interviews to fully explain why.
HR overan asking me questions and then didn't have time to answer mine.
I requested feedback and was ignored.
They have plans to grow from 2500 to 4000 people in EMEA I a few years. Not with decent people if they keep up these processes!
HR either need to be much better at living the values during the recruitment process, or they already do a deal what they say in the videos is all PR.
I applied online. I interviewed at Salesforce (Stockholm, Stockholm)
Interview
First interview with HR, followed by interviews with several people from various departments (some of them from completely unrelated areas), and the process ended with a live case study simulation. The preparation for the case study was quite intense as the scope of work requested was very wide, which I found kind of unfair as they expect candidates to invest so much time preparing for a final step in the recruitment process. Because there were so many interviewers attending the final case study simulation, I felt that no one took the actual responsibility for guiding me through the recruitment process and properly briefing me for each step, which resulted in misaligned expectations for the final presentation.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
There wasn’t any unusual or new question. All the interviewers went through the classical flow of getting to understand a bit about me as a person, career evolution, questions to qualify fit with the role
I had several rounds of interviews, including with both senior team members and peers of the hiring manager. These were broken into four interviews, two of which had two interviewers.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They explained some of the challenges in the department and asked how I would formulate a way to address the issue, including if I had done this in previous companies and what worked/didn't work.
The interview process was engaging and thorough. I felt like I got a good idea of the culture and the team I could work with.
Each Interviewer did ask different questions and gave me time to ask mine.