Salesforce·Account Executive

Salesforce Account Executive interview experience

No offer

Easy

Negative

JapanPosted Jun 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

Salesforce gave me one of the worst candidate experiences I’ve had.

I interviewed for two different AE roles, and I saw the same pattern repeat.

In both situations, I had initial success with a recruiter, then I was passed to another recruiter for prep before the hiring manager round. After that, the process went silent—I was effectively ghosted and never received any clear explanation, even after multiple follow-ups. Since the outreach started from a recruiter contacting me on LinkedIn, it felt especially disrespectful that there wasn’t even an email or a reason.

What made it hurt was that I’d made time to interview and participate in the steps they asked

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