Salesforce MTS Interview: Code Pair Rounds and a Project Deep Dive
Updated July 17, 2026
A software engineer with about two and a half years of experience described running several interview loops in the same window, and this account covers the process with Salesforce for a Member of Technical Staff (MTS) role. The original write-up bundled results from multiple companies the candidate was interviewing with at the time, but the loop detailed here is Salesforce's.
The Salesforce process consisted of two code pair rounds followed by a round that mixed a project walkthrough with a team-fit conversation. The candidate reported being selected for the MTS position at the end of the loop.
How the process went
Background
The candidate had roughly 2.5 years of experience and was running this Salesforce loop alongside interview processes at several other companies during the same period.
Code pair round 1
A pair-programming session covering a hashmap-based data structure problem and a two-pointer array problem.
Code pair round 2
A second pair-programming session covering a BFS problem and a tree-based problem.
Final round
A discussion round that combined a walkthrough of the candidate's past project work with a team-fit conversation.
Outcome
The candidate reported being selected for the MTS role.
Code Pair Round 1
Data structures
- A hashmap-based data structure problem
- A two-pointer array problem
Run as a live pair-programming session rather than a solo coding exercise.
Code Pair Round 2
Graph and tree traversal
- A BFS (breadth-first search) problem
- A tree-based problem
Project Discussion & Team Fit
Behavioral and past-project depth
- A detailed walkthrough of a past project
- A team-fit question
Key takeaways
- Both code pair rounds stayed close to core data-structure fundamentals (hashmaps, two pointers, BFS, trees) rather than obscure or highly specialized topics.
- The rounds were run as live pair-programming sessions, so narrating your approach while coding was part of the evaluation, not just arriving at a correct answer.
- The final round paired a deep project walkthrough with a team-fit conversation, so being able to speak in detail about a past project mattered as much as the coding rounds.
- This candidate was interviewing with several companies in parallel during the same window, which is a reminder that preparation may need to cover both DS/algo breadth and depth on one flagship project you can discuss at length.
Source
The questions and process facts come from the candidate's public write-up, linked below. The retelling above is our own summary.
Candidate's public write-up on LeetCode Discuss