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Lead Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Francisco, California

May 1, 2019
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Process

My on-site interview was expedited in a few days because I was referred by my former college.

Recruiters were very polite and nice. The entire process was automated via Workday.

My on-site interview took about 4 hours, where I spoke with an architect and 3 engineers. The questions were 70% technical and 30% behavioral.

Their manager showed me the office space and introduced me to some employees. I was surprised by the Starbucks cafe on one of their floors!

The interview went smoothly, so the recruiter reached out the very next day and asked me to complete a programming assignment on HackerRank, which was tough but achievable.

Right the next day in the morning, I got a call saying they would like to hire me! The official offer was given a few days later.

Questions

Implementing LRU cache.

System design question about URL shortener.

Distributed systems, distributed queues, and Amazon Web Services.

Big data and its ecosystem (Hive, Spark, Hadoop). My experience with it at my current job.

Handling conflicts with managers / product owners.

Working through the features backlog.

Production disasters/issues and recovery strategies.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 11 interview experiences for the Salesforce Lead Software Engineer role in San Francisco, California.

Success Rate

91%
Pass Rate

Salesforce's interview process for their Lead Software Engineer roles in San Francisco, California is incredibly easy as the vast majority of engineers get an offer after going through it.

Experience Rating

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Candidates reported having very good feelings for Salesforce's Lead Software Engineer interview process in San Francisco, California.

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