Salesforce Software Engineer interview: DFS and scalable-system design

SalesforceSoftware Engineer · Jul 2026

My process began with a recruiter screen and then a technical round built around a hard LeetCode-style DSA problem that leaned heavily on DFS. I spent the session working through the approach and tradeoffs while trying to keep my reasoning clear. After that, I had a high-level design interview about scalability and reliability. It pushed me beyond an immediate coding solution toward how a system…

Shared by a candidate · reported Jul 2026. Interview formats change; use it as a guide, not a script.