Salesforce·Software Engineer

Salesforce Software Engineer interview experience

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Dublin, DublinPosted Sep 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My interview started with an HR screening, followed by a single manager interview.

In that manager conversation, I was asked to solve a mid-level Java technical problem, and it was less about memorizing syntax and more about demonstrating how I think through the implementation.

After that, I took a HackerRank coding assessment online. Then I moved into a longer 2-hour segment with multiple live activities: two live coding tasks plus a discussion where I talked through an existing code block. The last major piece was a system design interview that also emphasized testing a feature.

Across the whole sequence, it felt demanding but coherent, and the rounds lined up like

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