1p3a Experience · Feb 2026 · San Francisco

Salesforce MTS Interview Experience for Experienced Candidate

SWE coding

Interview Experience

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 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 Technical (Virtual) Special Subarrays Count subarrays whose element product has an odd number of divisors. Subsequence + Substring Find the maximum length string that is a subsequence of x and also a substring of y. - Live coding with continuous explanation. - Got hints on an edge case and fixed it. - All test cases

passed.

Round 2 Technical (Virtual) Remove K Duplicates Repeatedly remove k consecutive identical characters from a string until stable. IPO Share Allocation Allocate shares based on highest price, then earliest timestamp, with round-robin distribution for equal prices;

return users who get no shares. - Optimized solutions quickly. - Discussion on time & space complexity. - All test cases

passed. - Couple of behavioural questions and discussion on current project.

Round 3 Hiring Manager (Virtual) Deep dive into recent project Multiple behavioral and situational questions Grilling around: - Reason for job change & reliability - Mentoring juniors - Design decisions & ownership in current project - Understanding of SDLC & testing methods - Fit for SD2-level role

Round 4 Technical (Offline) Resume discussion + design of an agent workflow to process bank documents LRU Cache implementation (interviewer expected a specific approach) String transformation problem: After each pass, A → AB, B → A; determine result after N passes Mix of coding, design, and behavioral discussion

Round 5 Hiring Manager (Offline) More technically deep than earlier HM round Design discussions around microservices, kafka, APIs Situational and decision-making scenarios Got the offer around 3-4 days later. Overall, the interview process was structured and smooth.

About This Question

This is a candidate experience report from a salesforce interview for a swe role during the coding round reported in 2026.

It covers the following topics: Arrays, Strings, Probability Stats, System Design, Behavioral .