I applied online. I interviewed at Salesforce in Aug 2016
Interview
Phone interview, followed by a technical interview. The interview process seemed very straight forward and traditional. However, it was very slow moving and took weeks to hear back from anyone and in between the first and second interview.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Salesforce (Indianapolis, IN) in Mar 2017
Interview
Pretty standard process for a large company. Phone Screen -> Phone Interview -> On-site Interview. The phone screens are with an HR recruiter and pretty standard, basically confirms information on your resume to try to make sure you're qualified for openings. The phone interview had some technical questions, but was mostly to talk about ideas/concepts and how the team works to determine if it would be a good fit. The onsite was a little more in-depth, talked to several members from the team and a sister team that all asked some technical questions and asked about experiences listed on my resume. Everyone was very professional, and there were a lot of opportunities to ask questions about the organization, structure, and how the position fit in. There was a bit of whiteboarding, but nothing strange or overkill.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Asked about Test Driven Development and Unit Testing
I applied through college or university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Salesforce (San Francisco, CA) in Feb 2017
Interview
Really enjoyed the process. Loved the fact that they focused more on testing your CS knowledge instead of a bunch of obscure coding questions. Questions were challenging but not impossible.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
There were four interviews on-site. The questions were about: 1) programming fundamentals (OOP vs FP, some data structure basics, Java basics etc), 2) coding challenge questions + behavioral questions, 3) design interview, 4) distributed systems interview.