Hi Leetcoders,

I have recently cleared Salesforce interview for Hyderabad location. It has started in March 2020. I got a call from their recruiter and had attended first round interview. It went well. Just then lockdown started, and I never received a feedback from them. The recruitment process got stopped in April and the position was closed.

Finally I got a call in October from the same recruiter and they wanted to start interview for a new position from the beginning. Below is my detail interview experience.

Round 1 : Online Assessment (HackerRank ALOHA-5) [90 mins]

1. Contiguous Subarray Sum
2. Maximum sub-matrix sum in a given matrix ( I was able to solve first question quickly which gave me enough time to work on second one)

Round 2 : (60 min)

1. Maximum path sum in a triangular matrix from top to bottom (Only two directions allowed - down and down-right)
2. Split BST with given value k

Round 3 : (90 min)

1. Top K repeated words in a given paragraph (with punctuations and delimiter)
2. LLD of a given scenario on cricket match(Observer design pattern) Asked to write down running code along with classes. (Suppose I am playing cricket and when I hit a six , my friend will cheer, my dog will bark, my car will blow horn etc.)
3. DB Design related to employee and multiple address with some scenario based question

Round 4 : Managerial (45 mins)
Mostly related to past experience and previous projects and some behavioral questions.

Final verdict : Offer
The interview experience was very good as the interviewers were very polite.

Background and Preparation :
I had utilized the lockdown period for practicing problems on Leetcode(LC). Solved mostly easy and Medium problem from different topics on LC, very few from Hard catagory. That was the reason, I struggled with Maximum submatrix sum problem(Hard) in OA. Tried to solve Daily challenge whenever possible. The waiting period was quite long and I was not getting any response from other companies. Got rejected twice in Microsoft interview (3rd and 4th round). It was frustrating but really helped me in focusing on weak areas and improving coding skill.

Finally interview process completed within 10 days of receiving the call from recruiter and Received my offer on 21st Oct. I am so happy!!! Thanks to Leetcode community, one of the best platform. Thank you everyone and All the best!!

Thanks for reading and happy coding!
Cheers.