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Salesforce Associate Software Engineer Interview Questions, Process, and Tips

Updated 17 May 2022

Salesforce Associate Software Engineer Interview Experiences

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I was interviewed before May 2021.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

(2 Questions)

Round duration - 60 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

Timing - flexible 12 hours window to take the test. (9AM - 9PM)
Test was proctored

  • Q1. 

    Combination Sum Problem Statement

    Given three integers X, Y, and Z, calculate the sum of all numbers that can be formed using the digits 3, 4, and 5. Each digit can be used up to a maximum of X, Y, and Z ...

  • Ans. 

    Calculate the sum of all numbers that can be formed using the digits 3, 4, and 5 with given constraints.

    • Iterate through all possible combinations of 3, 4, and 5 based on the given constraints.

    • Calculate the sum of each combination and add them up.

    • Return the final sum modulo 10^9 + 7.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. 

    Longest Path In Directed Graph Problem Statement

    Given a Weighted Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG) comprising 'N' nodes and 'E' directed edges, where nodes are numbered from 0 to N-1, and a source node 'Src'....

  • Ans. 

    The task is to find the longest distances from a source node to all nodes in a weighted directed acyclic graph.

    • Implement a function that takes the number of nodes, edges, source node, and edge weights as input.

    • Use a topological sorting algorithm to traverse the graph and calculate the longest distances.

    • Return an array of integers where each element represents the longest distance from the source node to the correspondi

  • Answered by AI
Round 2 - Video Call 

(2 Questions)

Round duration - 40 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

Timing - 9:00 AM - 9:40 AM

  • Q1. 

    Factorial Trailing Zeros Problem

    You are provided with a positive integer N. Your goal is to determine the smallest number whose factorial has at least N trailing zeros.

    Example:

    Input:
    N = 1
    Output:
    ...
  • Ans. 

    Find the smallest number whose factorial has at least N trailing zeros.

    • Calculate the number of 5's in the prime factorization of the factorial to determine the trailing zeros.

    • Use binary search to find the smallest number with at least N trailing zeros.

    • Consider edge cases like N = 0 or N = 1 for factorial trailing zeros problem.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. 

    Reverse Linked List Problem Statement

    Given a singly linked list of integers, your task is to return the head of the reversed linked list.

    Example:

    Input:
    The given linked list is 1 -> 2 -> 3 -&g...
  • Ans. 

    To reverse a singly linked list of integers, return the head of the reversed linked list.

    • Iterate through the linked list, reversing the pointers to point to the previous node instead of the next node.

    • Keep track of the previous, current, and next nodes while traversing the list.

    • Update the head of the reversed linked list to be the last element of the original list.

  • Answered by AI
Round 3 - Video Call 

(2 Questions)

Round duration - 40 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

Timing - 12:00 Pm to 12:40 PM

  • Q1. 

    Implementing a Priority Queue Using Heap

    Ninja has been tasked with implementing a priority queue using a heap data structure. However, he is currently busy preparing for a tournament and has requested yo...

  • Ans. 

    Implement a priority queue using a heap data structure by completing the provided functions: push(), pop(), getMaxElement(), and isEmpty().

    • Understand the operations: push() to insert element, pop() to remove largest element, getMaxElement() to return largest element, and isEmpty() to check if queue is empty.

    • Implement a heap data structure to maintain the priority queue.

    • Handle different types of queries based on the inp...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. 

    Largest BST Subtree Problem

    Given a binary tree with 'N' nodes, determine the size of the largest subtree that is also a BST (Binary Search Tree).

    Input:

    The first line contains an integer 'T', represen...
  • Ans. 

    The problem involves finding the size of the largest subtree that is also a Binary Search Tree in a given binary tree.

    • Traverse the binary tree in a bottom-up manner to check if each subtree is a BST.

    • Keep track of the size of the largest BST subtree encountered so far.

    • Use recursion to solve the problem efficiently.

    • Consider edge cases like empty tree or single node tree.

    • Example: For input 1 2 3 4 -1 5 6 -1 7 -1 -1 -1 -1

  • Answered by AI
Round 4 - Video Call 

(1 Question)

Round duration - 40 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

Timing - 6:00 PM - 6:30 PM

  • Q1. Can you design a system similar to Splitwise and identify three features that you would change or improve?
  • Ans. 

    Design a system similar to Splitwise and suggest three features for improvement.

    • Implement a real-time notification system for updates on shared expenses

    • Integrate a feature for automatic currency conversion for international transactions

    • Enhance the user interface with data visualization tools for better expense tracking

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Professional and academic backgroundI completed Computer Science Engineering from Netaji Subhas University Of Technology. I applied for the job as Associate Software Engineer in BangaloreEligibility criteriaNo criteriaSalesforce interview preparation:Topics to prepare for the interview - Data Structures, Dynamic Programming, OOPS, OS, DBMS.Time required to prepare for the interview - 2 monthsInterview preparation tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : For fresher role, System design is not very important.
Tip 2 : Do at least 1-2 good quality projects.
 

Application resume tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Have 1-2 good engaging projects in resume.
Tip 2 : Internships are helpful.

Final outcome of the interviewSelected

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview questions from similar companies

I was interviewed before Sep 2020.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

(1 Question)

Round duration - 140 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

Test timing was at 2:00 pm , it was conducted in a college and the environment was good for the test. Camera was a primary part of test, so no suspicious activity.

  • Q1. 

    Sum of Two Numbers Represented as Arrays

    Given two numbers in the form of two arrays where each element of the array represents a digit, calculate the sum of these two numbers and return this sum as an ar...

  • Ans. 

    Given two numbers represented as arrays, calculate their sum and return the result as an array.

    • Iterate through the arrays from right to left, adding digits and carrying over if necessary

    • Handle cases where one array is longer than the other by considering the remaining digits

    • Ensure the final sum array does not have any leading zeros

  • Answered by AI
Round 2 - Face to Face 

Round duration - 20 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

The round was conducted at around 12 p.m. I was called at the college location and then it was conducted. The interviewer was quite polite and frank.

Round 3 - HR 

Round duration - 8 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

This round was conducted right after finishing and clearing the technical round at the same place and on the same day.

Interview Preparation Tips

Eligibility criteriaAbove 60 %Wipro Limited interview preparation:Topics to prepare for the interview - OOPS, Data Structures, Database Concepts, Coding problemsTime required to prepare for the interview - 2-3 monthsInterview preparation tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Practice atleast 2-3 Coding problems daily so your logic building becomes stronger.
Tip 2 : Exercise problems based on OOPS concepts and others too.
Tip 3 : If you can have your own project built, then it's the major point and will act as a plus point.

Application resume tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Your resume should be in standard form, short and simple will be more effective.
Tip 2 : Whatever you have learned, you need to mention it in your resume as that will be your primary source of selection and having project on your resume is important.

Final outcome of the interviewSelected

Skills evaluated in this interview

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Jul 2020. There were 4 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. SOLID principals, oops, c# basics, SQL server, azure, design pattern

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Clear basics of oops and design pattern

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Feb 2020. There were 4 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Hr

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - You should be true to what you are putting before the interviewer . Try to put your ideas Add something you did well in your career like in projects /research which you know very well and versed in concepts about it for open interview so that interviewer can get bandwidth where he can ask questions from. This is simply a key .

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Dec 2020. There was 1 interview round.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. 1.Describe a situation where you have taken a quick decision and failed, and a situation where you succeeded. 2. What is a skill you have tried to achieve but failed? 3. Describe a decision you have taken ...

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - 1. Always try to take risk in small problems . When you face the consequences, you would be able to tackle bigger problems.
2. Every skill you learn, even if you didn't excel in it is not to be considered a waste of time/failure, you learn something simply by participating.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. HTML, CSS, BOOTSTRAP, PHP. SQL

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Jun 2020. There were 3 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. Simple program
  • Q2. I wrote a simple program in C

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be bold and confident

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Jun 2020. There were 3 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Tell me about Yourself, some questions related to machine learning, and I was asked more questions to differentiate like differences between ml and ai, python and c, c and java and procedural and functiona...

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Get a complete grip on your resume and be confident about what you say, If you don't know the answer it is okay to agree that you don't know the answer so that interviewer can ask the next questions.

I was interviewed before Jun 2021.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

(2 Questions)

Round duration - 180 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

It was an mcq + coding round. There were aptitude and ouput based question in mcq. And coding questions were easy

  • Q1. 

    Find the Duplicate Number Problem Statement

    Given an integer array 'ARR' of size 'N' containing numbers from 0 to (N - 2). Each number appears at least once, and there is one number that appears twice. Yo...

  • Ans. 

    Find the duplicate number in an array of integers from 0 to (N-2).

    • Iterate through the array and keep track of the frequency of each number using a hashmap.

    • Return the number with a frequency greater than 1 as the duplicate number.

    • Time complexity can be optimized to O(N) using Floyd's Tortoise and Hare algorithm.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. 

    Reverse String Operations Problem Statement

    You are provided with a string S and an array of integers A of size M. Your task is to perform M operations on the string as specified by the indices in array A...

  • Ans. 

    Given a string and an array of indices, reverse substrings based on the indices to obtain the final string.

    • Iterate through the array of indices and reverse the substrings accordingly

    • Ensure the range specified by each index is non-empty

    • Return the final string after all operations are completed

  • Answered by AI
Round 2 - Video Call 

Round duration - 60 Minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

It was technical + hr round. there were 2 people as interviewer. They stated from intro and asked some basic puzzles and hr questions. After that they asked about my projects, technologies and some ds algo and dbms questions.

Interview Preparation Tips

Eligibility criterianaAccenture interview preparation:Topics to prepare for the interview - Data Structures, Pointers, OOPS, System Design, Algorithms, Dynamic ProgrammingTime required to prepare for the interview - 6 MonthsInterview preparation tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Practice aptitude
Tip 2 : Focus on practicing coding
Tip 3 : Learn from mistakes

Application resume tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Mention some projects that you have done
Tip 2 : Try to have skills that are required for the role

Final outcome of the interviewSelected

Skills evaluated in this interview

I applied via Job Portal and was interviewed before Jan 2021. There were 3 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Oops Concepts,JAVA 8

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Quite simple and easy. 1st round technical.2nd round HR
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