Salesforce engineering hiring (AMTS/MTS through LMTS/SMTS) runs as a multi-round interview process rather than a single written exam — a proctored online assessment, then a loop of coding, design, and hiring-manager rounds. The exact mix varies by level and team, but the pattern below reflects recent (2025–2026) candidate reports.
Typical Salesforce engineering interview process
| Stage | What it tests | Typical length |
|---|---|---|
| Online Assessment | 2-3 proctored coding problems on HackerRank spanning arrays, heaps, bit manipulation, and graphs/trees | 75–100 min |
| DSA Round(s) | Data-structure design and problem-solving (stacks, strings, trees, matrices), often over a video call with live screen-sharing | 45–60 min |
| Design Round (LLD and/or HLD, from SMTS/LMTS upward) | Class-level design for entry/mid levels, distributed-systems design (caching, transactions, search) for senior levels | 45–60 min |
| Hiring Manager Round | Project ownership, architecture decisions, mentoring/leadership style, and behavioral questions | 45–80 min |
Behavioral and culture-fit questions can surface in any round, not just the hiring-manager round — see Behavioral & Culture-Fit Questions to prepare for these directly.
Process varies by level and team. AMTS (entry-level) loops lean on DSA and a lighter, entity-relationship style design round; SMTS and LMTS loops regularly add a dedicated distributed- systems HLD round. Recent reports describe final rounds moving to in-house/in-person formats rather than fully remote ones.
Prepare each track on its own terms: DSA and Behavioral & Culture-Fit.