Salesforce Business Development Representative BDR interview questions
based on 152 ratings - Updated Jun 8, 2026
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Business Development Representative BDR applicants have rated the interview process at Salesforce with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 85.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Business Development Representative BDR roles take an average of 60 days to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Salesforce overall takes an average of 47 days.
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I applied online. I interviewed at Salesforce (Chicago, IL)
Interview
It was hard but as expected. A lot of rounds and they had you do mock pitches. Competitive but everyone on the team was super friendly. Would highly recommend interviewing here
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Salesforce (San Francisco, CA) in Sep 2025
Interview
3 Step interview process. 2 over the phone and the last one in person. There were a lot of questions on their website that I used to study up on and a lot of them were in the interview. The interviews were very professional and the people were friendly. They were even kind enough to give me a call after to share feedback. There were a lot of candidates/competition
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They asked a lot of questions about Salesforce products. They want to test your knowledge on how well you know the company and the services they offer.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Salesforce (Chicago, IL) in Jul 2025
Interview
Initial phone call after inbound message on LinkedIn, then met with senior recruiter. Final stage interview took place in person in Chicago with two sales managers. They were mainly focused on asking questions about my past experiences, numbers,etc in first two stages. Then there was more situational questions in the final interview
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If there was a situation where you booked a meeting but the AE didn't want to take the account, what would you do?