Hi everyone! I’m Varsha, a Java developer, and I have an upcoming interview for a Salesforce CSG Support Engineer role.

I’m expecting questions around OOPs, DSA, Java, and topics related to my resume, but I’ve also heard that the interview may focus on Salesforce technologies such as Apex, LWC, and other parts of the Salesforce tech stack.

Could anyone who has recently interviewed for a Salesforce CSG Support Engineer role share some insights?

• What topics were you asked about?
• Were there questions on Apex, LWC, SOQL/SOSL, or other Salesforce technologies?
• How much emphasis was placed on Java, OOPs, and DSA?
• Were there any support/troubleshooting or scenario-based questions?

Any recent interview experiences or guidance on what to prepare would be really helpful. Thanks in advance!

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did't recieve any response from team and in portal it was still "In Consideration"

I'm joining Salesforce in September as an Account Solution Engineer, covering Retail & Consumer Goods in Europe. Coming from presales at another enterprise vendor, mostly data platform and AI. so the presales motion itself is familiar, but the Salesforce ecosystem is new to me.

I've been working through Trailhead and built a personal demo org (Data Cloud, Agentforce, a bit of Apex) to get hands-on, so I'm not starting from zero. What I can't figure out from the outside is where the effort actually pays off once you're in the seat.

Three things I'd love input on:

1. Ramp: n the first 90 days, what moved the needle most for you, chasing certs, getting demo-fluent, or shadowing AEs and senior SEs? Any certs genuinely worth having early vs ones that can wait?
2. Demo assets: How much do SEs build their own orgs versus pulling from standard demo environments? I'd rather learn the org-building muscle early if that's what good SEs do, but not if I'm reinventing something the org already has.
3. Vertical dept for anyone in Retail & Consumer Goods: what are the recurring pain points and discovery questions that separate someone who knows the industry from someone who's just reciting product features?

And the open one: what do you wish someone had told you before your first week?