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Salesforce interview questions

From 1 candidate account, updated Oct 12, 2026

Candidate accounts
1
Rounds on average
3
Rounds in every loop
3
Open roles at Salesforce
1,527

How the loop works

This guide draws on 1 first-hand interview account from Hacker News. Candidates describe about 3 rounds on average, most often a panel, technical interviews and behavioral interviews.

All of them were posted under a forum handle, so we could not verify the authors’ identities.

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Interview experiences at Salesforce

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unknown, San Francisco, CA. 3 rounds. Shared by maeon3 on hn, 2011-06-18

  1. 1Panel interviewsPanelMet with ten different interviewers in a single day, covering a wide range of personality and behavioral styles.
  2. 2Coding testTechnicalOne-hour coding test, scheduled right after lunch, to replace Java's String class with char* and write unit tests.Covered: Java
  3. 3Behavioral interviewBehavioralExtensive personal questions about interests and personality, with many questions drawn from a well-known technical interview prep book.

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Salesforce interviews: FAQ

What is the interview process like at Salesforce?
This guide draws on 1 first-hand interview account from Hacker News. Candidates describe about 3 rounds on average, most often a panel, technical interviews and behavioral interviews.
What topics does Salesforce test in interviews?
Commonly reported topics include Java.

These guides summarize public, first-hand interview experiences shared by candidates. They describe the shape of each loop and the topics that came up, not a leaked question bank, and every experience links back to its original source. Processes change often. Treat this as directional prep, not a script.