Salesforce Software Engineer Interview Questions

201+ Salesforce Software Engineer interview questions drawn from real candidate reports. Sources include 1Point3Acres, Blind, Glassdoor, Reddit, and LeetCode. Questions span every stage of the Salesforce Software Engineer loop: OA, phone screen, system design, behavioral, and onsite coding.

What to Expect in the Salesforce Software Engineer Interview

The Salesforce Software Engineer interview process typically runs 4 to 6 rounds depending on seniority level. Based on candidate reports in the LeakCode database, the loop usually includes a resume review, an online assessment or coding phone screen, one or more technical rounds, a system design round (for senior and above), and a behavioral or values round.

Difficulty skews toward medium and hard LeetCode-style problems in the coding rounds. System design questions test breadth (component selection, scaling, trade-off reasoning) more than deep implementation. Behavioral questions are tied to the company's stated values and principles.

Salesforce Software Engineer Questions (Sample)

Salesforce Online Assessment Tree and String DP Solutions

oa 2026 1p3a

<h2>1. Collect Opportunity Data in a Tree</h2> <p>You are given an undirected <b>tree</b> with <code>n</code> nodes labeled from <code>0</code> to <code>n - 1</code>. The tree is defined by <code>n -

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Salesforce MTS Interview Experience for Experienced Candidate

coding 2026 1p3a

Salesforce Interview Experience Role: MTS Experience: 2.5 years at an MNC ## Interview Experience (5 Rounds | Virtual + Offline) All rounds were around 45 minutes with 10–15 minutes buffer. Round 1 –

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Salesforce SMTS Interview Experience with DSA and LLD

system design 2026 1p3a

The recruiter reached out to me directly for the SMTS role and shared a link to apply. She asked me to apply within an hour, after which I would receive the online assessment (OA) link. I was instruct

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Salesforce Online Assessment OA Coding Questions and Analysis

oa 2026 1p3a

Absolutely bottled it. 1. Given an array of elements (n = 10^5), you can perform two operations on them: - Remove an element - Change it to any random integer Return the minimum no of removals such th

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Salesforce MTS Interview Experience: LLD Workflow and Memory Task Scheduling

system design 2026 1p3a

I was reached out to by a recruiter from Salesforce at the end of January 2026 for MTS role. The process started with an Online Assessment, followed by technical rounds. **Round 1: (LLD based)** Resum

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Salesforce Low Level Design Interview Questions

system design 2026 reddit

In Salesforce LLD rounds, sometimes actual requirements may not be clear from problem statement and interviewer will expect you to figure it out by asking clarifying questions. For example, A message

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My Experience of Salesforce Agentforce Specialist Certification

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Certifications are important because they help prove your skills and increase your knowledge in a specific area. Recently, I attempted the Salesforce Agentforce Specialist...

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Salesforce General SDE Backend Online Test and Director Interview Experience

oa hard 2025 1p3a

General SDE backend position The first round was a director interview (I specifically emphasized that this is not an hiring manager, but someone who came to help with the interview...), a deep dive in

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Slack MTS/SMTS Backend Engineer Interview Experience at Salesforce

behavioral 2025 1p3a

**Context** The interview process was for a Salesforce MTS/SMTS Backend Engineer position, which ultimately turned out to be a role within Slack. The process bypassed standard Talent Acquisition scree

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Salesforce Online Assessment (OA) Experience 2024

oa 2025 1p3a

**Problem 1: Spam Classification System** **Problem Statement** Implement a function to evaluate a list of texts and determine if they are "spam" or "not_spam." A text is classified as spam if it cont

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Salesforce Online Assessment Experience and Rejection

oa 2025 1p3a

**HackerRank Assessment (Duration: 75 minutes)** **1. Longest Common Subsequence and Substring** **Problem Statement:** Given two strings, `x` and `y`, determine two specific values: 1. The length of

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Salesforce SMTS Onsite Interview Experience and Coding Questions

onsite 2025 1p3a

**Round 1 Interview Overview** The session began with a brief introduction and immediately transitioned to a Hackerrank assessment containing two coding questions. **1. Remove All Adjacent Duplicates

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Salesforce Online Assessment Experience for SMTS Backend (2024)

oa 2025 1p3a

**Salesforce SMTS Backend Online Assessment Overview** * **Experience Level:** 6.5 Years * **Source:** Careers Portal * **Platform:** HackerRank * **Format:** 2 Questions, 75 Minutes **Problem 1: Mini

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Salesforce SMTS interview experience and OA/onsite rounds

oa 2025 1p3a

**Online Assessment** Completion of the preliminary coding rounds. **Round 1: Data Structures and Algorithms** * **Longest Non-Repeating Substring:** Identify the length of the longest substring withi

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Salesforce USA Senior MTS Onsite Interview Experience and Offer

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**Role:** Senior MTS **Hiring Manager Screen (45 mins)** * Focus: Work experience, role impact, and extensive behavioral questions. * Duration: The session ran over by 15 minutes (1 hour total). **Onl

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Difficulty Breakdown

40

easy

36

medium

27

0

18

hard

Based on 201 questions with difficulty labels from candidate reports.

Interview Rounds

Here is how the Salesforce Software Engineer questions in the LeakCode database break down by interview round, based on what candidates reported:

Round Questions in Database
coding 88
oa 67
phone screen 21
system design 7
onsite 6
technical 3

Most Common Topics

arrays (34) strings (26) system design (25) graph (17) dynamic programming (17) binary tree (11) sliding window (5) heap (4)

Question Recency

9

2026

26

2025

35

2024

25

2023

Question counts by interview year, based on candidate-reported dates.

How to Prepare for the Salesforce Software Engineer Interview

Use the LeakCode question database as your primary research tool. Filter by role (Software Engineer), then by round type to focus your prep on the specific stages in your upcoming loop. Sort by recency to see what 2026 candidates actually faced.

  • Start with questions from the last 12 months. Interview processes change and recent data is the strongest signal.
  • Cross-reference questions that appear in multiple sources (1p3a, Blind, Glassdoor). Multi-source confirmation means a question has stronger recurrence probability.
  • For system design rounds: focus on the question patterns, not individual questions. The same design principles recur across many prompts.
  • For behavioral rounds: map your experiences to the company's stated values before the interview. Most behavioral questions at top companies are derivatives of a small set of core leadership competencies.

FAQ

How many Salesforce Software Engineer questions are in the database?

201+ questions from verified candidate reports. The count grows as new reports are scraped daily from 1Point3Acres, Blind, Glassdoor, Reddit, and LeetCode.

Are these questions from real Salesforce interviews?

Yes. All questions are sourced from actual candidate interview reports, not generated by AI. Each entry links back to its source URL where available, and questions are tagged with the year and round reported by the candidate.

How current is this data?

LeakCode updates daily. The database is filtered to exclude duplicate and low-quality entries. You can filter by interview year to focus on recent cycles.

Does LeakCode cover Salesforce OA questions specifically?

Yes. The database includes online assessment questions tagged with round type. See the Salesforce OA page for a dedicated view.

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