Salesforce interview notes, page 11 of 13

“This one sprawled in every direction fast.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Salesforce, Onsite - System Design / Architecture round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“The core insight I kept second-guessing myself on was the n+1 vs n-1 choice.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Salesforce, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I knew Splunk reasonably well but stumbled a bit explaining the workflow in a clear sequence.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Salesforce, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“Started fine, rattled off the four levels in order and matched them to dirty reads, non-repeatable reads, phantoms.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Salesforce, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I knew what NAF was in a vague 'read it once in a crypto paper' kind of way but had never actually implemented it under pressure.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Salesforce, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“The DOM part was fine, took maybe ten minutes.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Salesforce, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I started with the usual capacity estimates and that ate up more time than I wanted.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Salesforce, Onsite - System Design / Architecture round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I had a decent story ready but I fumbled the middle part where I explained the technical reasoning I gave the customer.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Salesforce, Onsite - Behavioral / Leadership round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I started with VMs and worked outward which felt logical to me but in hindsight I spent too long on stuff they probably already knew.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Salesforce, Onsite - System Design / Architecture round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This one is deceptively broad.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Salesforce, Onsite - Behavioral / Leadership round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.