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Salesforce Salesforce Developer Interview Questions and Answers

Updated 26 Jun 2025

5 Interview questions

A Salesforce Developer was asked
Q. Can you explain Platform Events?
Ans. 

Platform Events are a feature in Salesforce that allow developers to deliver secure, scalable, and customizable event notifications.

  • Platform Events are based on the publish-subscribe model, where publishers send events and subscribers receive them.

  • They are used to communicate changes in Salesforce data or custom events within an organization.

  • Developers can define custom event objects and trigger events using Apex ...

A Salesforce Developer was asked
Q. What is Polymorphism?
Ans. 

Polymorphism is the ability of a single function or method to operate on different types of data.

  • Polymorphism allows objects of different classes to be treated as objects of a common superclass.

  • It enables a single interface to represent multiple underlying forms.

  • Examples include method overloading and method overriding in object-oriented programming.

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A Salesforce Developer was asked
Q. Explain Future method? and why we need (Callout= true) along with that annotation?
Ans. 

Future method is used to run code asynchronously. Callout=true is needed to make HTTP callouts from future methods.

  • Future methods are used to run code asynchronously in Salesforce.

  • They are annotated with @future annotation.

  • Callout=true is needed to make HTTP callouts from future methods.

  • Without Callout=true, making HTTP callouts from future methods is not allowed.

A Salesforce Developer was asked
Q. Tell me about Asynchronous Apex? Difference between Batch Apex and Queueable Apex
Ans. 

Asynchronous Apex allows you to run processes in the background, without user interaction. Batch Apex and Queueable Apex are two types of Asynchronous Apex.

  • Asynchronous Apex allows you to process large amounts of data asynchronously, without impacting the user interface.

  • Batch Apex is used to process large data sets that can be divided into smaller batches for processing.

  • Queueable Apex allows you to submit jobs for...

A Salesforce Developer was asked
Q. Data Security in Salesforce and types in it.
Ans. 

Data security in Salesforce involves various types of security measures to protect sensitive information.

  • Salesforce provides various security features such as user authentication, data encryption, and access controls.

  • Types of data security in Salesforce include object-level security, field-level security, and record-level security.

  • Salesforce also offers tools like Salesforce Shield for enhanced data security and c...

What are the roles & responsibilities of a Salesforce Developer at Salesforce?

Technical Development

  • Design, develop, and implement Service Cloud solutions
  • Lead implementation and optimization of Salesforce features

Read full roles & responsibilities

Salesforce Salesforce Developer Interview Experiences

6 interviews found

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
No response

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed in Mar 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(4 Questions)

  • Q1. Can you explain about Platform Events?
  • Ans. 

    Platform Events are a feature in Salesforce that allow developers to deliver secure, scalable, and customizable event notifications.

    • Platform Events are based on the publish-subscribe model, where publishers send events and subscribers receive them.

    • They are used to communicate changes in Salesforce data or custom events within an organization.

    • Developers can define custom event objects and trigger events using Apex or de...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Tell me about Asynchronous Apex? Difference between Batch Apex and Queueable Apex
  • Ans. 

    Asynchronous Apex allows you to run processes in the background, without user interaction. Batch Apex and Queueable Apex are two types of Asynchronous Apex.

    • Asynchronous Apex allows you to process large amounts of data asynchronously, without impacting the user interface.

    • Batch Apex is used to process large data sets that can be divided into smaller batches for processing.

    • Queueable Apex allows you to submit jobs for asyn...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. Explain Future method? and why we need (Callout= true) along with that annotation?
  • Ans. 

    Future method is used to run code asynchronously. Callout=true is needed to make HTTP callouts from future methods.

    • Future methods are used to run code asynchronously in Salesforce.

    • They are annotated with @future annotation.

    • Callout=true is needed to make HTTP callouts from future methods.

    • Without Callout=true, making HTTP callouts from future methods is not allowed.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q4. Data Security in Salesforce and types in it.
  • Ans. 

    Data security in Salesforce involves various types of security measures to protect sensitive information.

    • Salesforce provides various security features such as user authentication, data encryption, and access controls.

    • Types of data security in Salesforce include object-level security, field-level security, and record-level security.

    • Salesforce also offers tools like Salesforce Shield for enhanced data security and compli...

  • Answered by AI

Skills evaluated in this interview

Salesforce HR Interview Questions

46 questions and answers

Q. Walk me through your resume.
Q. Why are you interested in this job?
Q. What are your reasons for wanting to join Salesforce and leave your current ... read more
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
No response

I appeared for an interview in Dec 2024, where I was asked the following questions.

  • Q1. Why do you think about this job
  • Ans. 

    I'm excited about this Salesforce Developer role due to its potential for innovation and impact on business processes.

    • Passion for Salesforce: I have been working with Salesforce for over three years, developing custom applications that enhance user experience.

    • Problem-solving: I enjoy tackling complex challenges, like optimizing workflows to improve efficiency, which I did in my last project.

    • Continuous learning: Salesfo...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Why we hire you
  • Ans. 

    I bring a unique blend of technical skills, problem-solving abilities, and a passion for Salesforce development that drives results.

    • Proven experience in Apex and Visualforce, having developed custom applications that improved user efficiency by 30%.

    • Strong understanding of Salesforce architecture, enabling me to design scalable solutions that meet business needs.

    • Excellent communication skills, allowing me to collaborate...

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Where I can build my career and help the organization too.
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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
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Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. This round may include a review of the candidate's resume, a phone or video interview, and questions related to their understanding of Salesforce platform fundamentals, Apex programming language, Visualfor...

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare all the basic fundamentals of Salesforce and programming language like apex .
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Hard
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Feb 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Time and work, statistics

Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. What is Polymorphism
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed before Aug 2022. There were 5 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
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Round 2 - Coding Test 

If you mentioned in your resume

Round 3 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. All about your Salesforce knowledge
  • Q2. Which skills you mentioned
Round 4 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. With manager about your behaviour
Round 5 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Discuss about company policy and package

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I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed before Jun 2020. There were 5 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

3 Questions

  • Q1. Basic oop
  • Q2. Previous projects and walktrough of one of the project, if any
  • Q3. Basic English test on a computer

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - The first step of the interview is the basic communication skills, which is taken on computer, try to listen carefully, most of the questions are only about what you have comprehend from the automated voice when played over.

OOP is very basic, they may ask some real life examples.

If you have worked previously, they may ask you about one of your projects. What technologies have you used ans why.

I appeared for an interview before May 2021.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

(2 Questions)

Round duration - 60 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

  • Q1. 

    Find All Anagrams Problem Statement

    Given a string STR and a non-empty string PTR, identify all the starting indices of anagrams of PTR within STR.

    Explanation:

    An anagram of a string is another string ...

  • Ans. 

    Given a string STR and a non-empty string PTR, find all starting indices of anagrams of PTR within STR.

    • Create a frequency map of characters in PTR.

    • Use sliding window technique to check anagrams in STR.

    • Return the starting indices of anagrams found.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. 

    Subset Sum Problem Statement

    Given an array of integers, find the sum of all subsets in non-decreasing order of the given array.

    Example:

    Input:
    N = 3, array = [1, 2]
    Output:
    [0, 1, 2, 3]
    Explanatio...
  • Ans. 

    Find sum of all subsets in non-decreasing order of given array.

    • Use recursion to generate all subsets of the array

    • Calculate sum of each subset and store in a list

    • Sort the list in non-decreasing order to get the final result

  • Answered by AI
Round 2 - Face to Face 

(1 Question)

Round duration - 60 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

First he asked me to tell about myself, then he asked me some OOPS Concepts,difference in shallow copy and deep copy,
asked me to write a code for boundary traversal of binary tree.

  • Q1. 

    Boundary Traversal of Binary Tree Problem Statement

    Given a binary tree consisting of integers, your task is to provide the boundary nodes of this tree in an anti-clockwise direction, starting with the ro...

  • Ans. 

    Boundary traversal of a binary tree to find left boundary, right boundary, and leaf nodes in an anti-clockwise direction.

    • Perform a pre-order traversal to get the left boundary nodes

    • Perform an in-order traversal to get the leaf nodes

    • Perform a post-order traversal to get the right boundary nodes

    • Combine the results to get the boundary nodes in anti-clockwise direction

  • Answered by AI
Round 3 - Face to Face 

(1 Question)

Round duration - 60 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

The second tech interview lasted for about an hour and half. First he asked me to tell about myself. Then he asked me how my first interview was. He then asked me where should I start, data structures, databases, to which I replied anywhere.
He started asking questions about C. He asked difference between call by pointer and call by reference. Whether a function can be defined as
void function(int &x, int &y);
Then he asked what is volatile data type in C. Then about the static data class.
He also asked me to write a program to find length of a string.
Then he asked about how functions in C work. How does the program know where to go back after a function is over, etc.
He then asked me if I knew C++, I said no. So he continued to ask a few questions on data structures.
He then asked about the ACID properties which a good database must have. He asked how are transactions managed by a database, what are commits, how, in case of a power failure, data is reverted back, etc.
Then he asked me whether I like to work individually or in a team. I said in a team. He then gave me scenario where I have to decide between a project I am working on, whose deadline is approaching, and helping a friend working on another project whose deadline is also approaching, and asked me what would I do in such a case.

  • Q1. 

    Find the Middle of a Linked List

    This problem requires you to return a pointer that references the middle node of a singly linked list.

    Explanation:

    If the number of elements in the linked list is odd, ...

  • Ans. 

    Return the middle node of a singly linked list, considering odd and even number of elements.

    • Traverse the linked list with two pointers, one moving twice as fast as the other

    • When the fast pointer reaches the end, the slow pointer will be at the middle

    • Return the node pointed to by the slow pointer as the middle node

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Professional and academic backgroundI applied for the job as SDE - 1 in PuneEligibility criteria7 CGPASAP Labs interview preparation:Topics to prepare for the interview - Data Structures ,sql, machine learning, OOPS, System Design, Algorithms, Dynamic ProgrammingTime required to prepare for the interview - 3 monthsInterview preparation tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Practice at least 5 codes daily.
Tip 2 : Do at-least one machine Learning Project.

Application resume tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Have at least three project.
Tip 2 : Put some achievements.

Final outcome of the interviewSelected

Skills evaluated in this interview

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Mar 2020. There were 4 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. What is web service flow
  • Ans. 

    Web service flow is the sequence of steps involved in the communication between a client and a server over the internet.

    • Web service flow involves a client sending a request to a server

    • The server processes the request and sends a response back to the client

    • The response can be in various formats such as XML, JSON, or plain text

    • Web service flow can be synchronous or asynchronous

    • Examples of web services include RESTful API...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. How to check ports in Solaris or linux machine
  • Ans. 

    To check ports in Solaris or Linux machine, use the netstat command.

    • Open the terminal and type 'netstat -an' to display all open ports.

    • Use 'netstat -an | grep ' to check if a specific port is open.

    • To check listening ports, use 'netstat -an | grep LISTEN'.

    • For Solaris, use 'netstat -an | grep .' instead of '| grep '.

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Total pathetic experience. What job description is given to you, doesn't matters because you won't be asked for that. Your resume will get shortlisted and then it doesn't matter what u have covered up in your career path, because interview rounds will consist of questions out of your scope. Your resume doesn't needs to be shortlisted at first end if it doesn't suit thier needs. HR people, they are on another level. You share your resume to them, and they will never ever reply back to you. Not a single HR, but it seems everyone has same culture. You keep trying to connect them for support. But they will just keep finding smarter ways to avoid.

Skills evaluated in this interview

I applied via Referral and was interviewed before Oct 2020. There were 6 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. Tell Us about yourself?
  • Ans. I am from Kolkata. I have convey about my Educational Background to Interviewer.
  • Answered by Tanay Lakshman
  • Q2. Tell us about Coalnet Architecture of MMS Module?
  • Ans. I have convey about Indent,Purchase Order,Receipt and Issue in MMS Module to Interviewer.They have taken my Personal Documentation.
  • Answered by Tanay Lakshman

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - The documentation got approved by Samuel Of Oracle Australia Office.I was interviewed by Samuel by Telephone.Outcome will be Given in Email.It consists of 15 minutes technical interview.

Salesforce Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Salesforce Salesforce Developer interview?
Salesforce interview process usually has 1-2 rounds. The most common rounds in the Salesforce interview process are Technical, Resume Shortlist and Coding Test.
How to prepare for Salesforce Salesforce Developer interview?
Go through your CV in detail and study all the technologies mentioned in your CV. Prepare at least two technologies or languages in depth if you are appearing for a technical interview at Salesforce. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at Salesforce expect are Salesforce, Javascript, Release management, SQL and CRM.
What are the top questions asked in Salesforce Salesforce Developer interview?

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