Salesforce Lead Software Engineer interview questions
based on 30 ratings - Updated 20 May 2025
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Lead Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Salesforce with 2.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 75.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Lead Software Engineer roles take an average of 1 day to get hired, when considering 3 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Salesforce overall takes an average of 20 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Salesforce as a Lead Software Engineer according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 50%
Skills test: 33%
Phone interview: 17%
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I went through four rounds:
1. Hacker rank (1 easy and 1 medium)
2. Architecture / Distributed systems design
3. Low level design of a generic system
4. Coding and fixing code
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. User/system event log that is searchable
2. Url shortener / Job scheduler
3. Highest card wins game for coding
I applied online. I interviewed at Salesforce in Jan 2025
Interview
I had a disappointing experience which i never expected from Salesforce Hiring manager. During the interview, the hiring manager was unprofessional and mocking at the answers. A constructive discussions and a respectful approach should have created a better experience for both parties.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you troubleshoot an infrastructure solution.
I applied online. I interviewed at Salesforce (Hyderābād) in Mar 2024
Interview
Online hacker rank test
then 4 rounds of interviews
1. Coding where had to solve two medium level question in an hour
2. Low level design: data migration service
3. System Design: rate limiter
4. Behavioural
Overall process was smooth. interviewers were helpful and overall good discussion
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. design rate limiter
2. design data migration service