{"id":20600,"date":"2026-08-24T12:18:31","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T12:18:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dianapps.com\/blog\/?p=20600"},"modified":"2026-08-24T12:19:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T12:19:31","slug":"salesforce-developer-interview-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dianapps.com\/blog\/salesforce-developer-interview-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"55 Salesforce Developer Interview Questions and What to Listen For"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Key Takeaways<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> :\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Structure the interview in four stages &#8211; a short technical screen, a deeper technical interview, a paid practical exercise, and a team-fit conversation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bulkification and governor limits deserve the highest weight, because poor understanding of Salesforce&#8217;s transaction constraints can turn directly into production failures.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Strong candidates explain trade-offs rather than reciting definitions, so the most useful follow-up is often, \u201cwhen would that be the wrong choice?\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Use a consistent scoring rubric across candidates, weighting technical areas according to the role rather than relying on certifications or interview impressions alone.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p><b>Quick Answer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Structure it as screen \u2192 technical \u2192 paid practical exercise \u2192 team fit. Pick 10\u201312 questions from the bank below, weighted to the role. The single most useful follow-up in any Salesforce interview is \u201cwhen would that be the wrong choice?\u201d &#8211; rehearsed answers stop dead there. Weight bulkification and governor limits highest, because that\u2019s the gap that causes production incidents.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most Salesforce interview question lists are written for candidates; this one is written for the person on the other side of the table.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Every question below comes with what you\u2019re listening for, the follow-up that separates memorised from understood and where relevant, the red flag. The problem with using the most-published questions is that candidates have already revised the answers.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>How to Structure the Interview<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20610\" src=\"https:\/\/dianapps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ChatGPT-Image-Aug-24-2026-03_26_26-PM.webp\" alt=\"Four-Stage Salesforce Developer Interview Structure: 20-minute screen, 45-minute technical, paid practical exercise and team fit conversation\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dianapps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ChatGPT-Image-Aug-24-2026-03_26_26-PM.webp 1536w, https:\/\/dianapps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ChatGPT-Image-Aug-24-2026-03_26_26-PM-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/dianapps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ChatGPT-Image-Aug-24-2026-03_26_26-PM-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/dianapps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ChatGPT-Image-Aug-24-2026-03_26_26-PM-640x427.webp 640w, https:\/\/dianapps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ChatGPT-Image-Aug-24-2026-03_26_26-PM-400x267.webp 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Four-Stage Salesforce Developer Interview Structure: 20-minute screen, 45-minute technical, paid practical exercise and team fit conversation<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Put The Technical Screen First:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Twenty minutes and five questions filter out most unsuitable candidates before anyone senior spends time.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>The Paid Practical Exercise Is The Stage Most Often Skipped<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Usually to move faster &#8211; and it\u2019s the one that predicts on-the-job performance best. Give a small, realistic task from your actual backlog, pay for their time, and assess four things: Did they bulkify without being told, do the tests assert anything meaningful, did they ask clarifying questions, and can someone else read the code?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When the internal team doesn&#8217;t have enough Salesforce engineering depth to design or assess that exercise, Salesforce Development Services can provide the technical expertise needed to evaluate the work against real production standards.<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"background: #EEF2FE; border: 1px solid #DBE2FB; border-radius: 14px; padding: 28px 32px; margin: 38px 0;\">\n<h4 style=\"color: #1b3fae; font-size: 22px; line-height: 1.3; font-weight: bold; margin: 0 0 10px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Need Help Evaluating Salesforce Talent?<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"color: #4b5563; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0 0 22px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Get experienced Salesforce engineers involved in technical screening, practical exercises, and backlog reviews before you make the hire.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"display: inline-block; background: #2563EB; color: #ffffff; text-decoration: none; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 600; padding: 13px 26px; border-radius: 8px;\" href=\"https:\/\/dianapps.com\/salesforce-development-services\">Salesforce Development Services<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Related: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dianapps.com\/blog\/how-to-hire-a-salesforce-developer\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to hire a Salesforce developer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><b>What You\u2019re Actually Listening For<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20611\" src=\"https:\/\/dianapps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ChatGPT-Image-Aug-24-2026-03_28_43-PM.webp\" alt=\"Comparison of memorised answers versus genuinely understood answers across six patterns\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dianapps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ChatGPT-Image-Aug-24-2026-03_28_43-PM.webp 1536w, https:\/\/dianapps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ChatGPT-Image-Aug-24-2026-03_28_43-PM-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/dianapps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ChatGPT-Image-Aug-24-2026-03_28_43-PM-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/dianapps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ChatGPT-Image-Aug-24-2026-03_28_43-PM-640x427.webp 640w, https:\/\/dianapps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ChatGPT-Image-Aug-24-2026-03_28_43-PM-400x267.webp 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Comparison of memorised answers versus genuinely understood answers across six patterns<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The follow-up matters more than the question. For almost anything technical, ask: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhen would that be the wrong choice?\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A candidate who has memorised an answer stops at the definition. One who has lived with the consequences immediately names a scenario where the standard advice fails.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Question bank map showing 55 questions distributed across eleven areas from platform fundamentals to Agentforce<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20612\" src=\"https:\/\/dianapps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ChatGPT-Image-Aug-24-2026-03_31_40-PM.webp\" alt=\"Question bank map showing 55 questions distributed across eleven areas from platform fundamentals to Agentforce\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dianapps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ChatGPT-Image-Aug-24-2026-03_31_40-PM.webp 1536w, https:\/\/dianapps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ChatGPT-Image-Aug-24-2026-03_31_40-PM-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/dianapps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ChatGPT-Image-Aug-24-2026-03_31_40-PM-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/dianapps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ChatGPT-Image-Aug-24-2026-03_31_40-PM-640x427.webp 640w, https:\/\/dianapps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ChatGPT-Image-Aug-24-2026-03_31_40-PM-400x267.webp 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>Platform Fundamentals<\/b><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li><b> Walk me through what happens when a record is saved.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listening For:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The order of execution in outline &#8211; before-save Flows, before-triggers, validation rules, save, after-triggers, after-save Flows, workflow rules, roll-up summaries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Detail That Separates People:<\/span><\/i> <b>Validation rules run after before-triggers.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> A before-trigger can set a value that a validation rule then rejects. Anyone who\u2019s debugged that mentions it unprompted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Follow-up:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201cWhere do roll-up summaries recalculate and why does that matter?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><b> What\u2019s the difference between a before and after trigger?<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listening For:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Before-triggers modify the triggering record without DML; after-triggers handle related records and have the record ID available on insert.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Follow-Up:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201cSo when would you deliberately use an after-trigger for a same-record update?\u201d The honest answer is rarely.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li><b> Configuration or code &#8211; how do you decide?<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listening For:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> A maintainability answer, not a capability one. The strongest version is <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cwho maintains this in two years?\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Red Flag<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Reaching for Apex by default. A strong developer should be able to explain when declarative automation is sufficient and when <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/dianapps.com\/blog\/flow-vs-apex-in-salesforce\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Flow vs Apex<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> becomes a genuine architectural decision.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li><b> Explain multi-tenancy and why it matters to you as a developer.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listening For:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Shared infrastructure, governor limits as the consequence and that limits are architectural constraints rather than performance guidance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Follow-Up:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201cWhat happens when you exceed one?\u201d The transaction rolls back entirely; it cannot be caught and handled.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"5\">\n<li><b> What\u2019s the difference between a lookup and a master-detail relationship?<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listening For:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Cascading delete, roll-up summaries, inherited sharing and a required parent on master-detail.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Follow-Up:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201cYou\u2019ve built master-detail and now need the records independent. Options?\u201d Converting is possible with constraints, and it\u2019s a data migration either way. Good candidates flag the migration cost.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"6\">\n<li><b> What do the three annual releases mean for your work?<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listening For:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Regression testing, preview sandboxes, API version implications, and that you don\u2019t control the schedule.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Red Flag:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Never having thought about it &#8211; it suggests only greenfield or short engagements.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Apex and Triggers<\/b><\/h2>\n<ol start=\"7\">\n<li><b> You have a trigger that queries inside a loop. What happens with 200 records, and how do you fix it?<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listening For:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 200 queries, failure at 100, and the fix &#8211; collect IDs into a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, one query outside the loop into a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Map<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, loop again to apply.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>This is the single most important question on this page.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> A candidate who can\u2019t answer it will write code that fails in production.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Follow-Up:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201cWhat if you also need to update related records inside that loop?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"8\">\n<li><b> How do you stop a trigger firing twice?<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listening For:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> A static Boolean guard in the handler class and ideally <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">why<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> it works &#8211; static variables reset at the end of each transaction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Follow-Up:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201cWhat causes the re-fire in the first place?\u201d Workflow field updates and a Flow updating the same record are the usual culprits.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"9\">\n<li><b> How many triggers should an object have and why?<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listening For:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> One, delegating to a handler. The reason matters more than the number &#8211; with multiple triggers, Salesforce decides execution order and doesn\u2019t tell you.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"10\">\n<li><b> Describe your trigger framework.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listening For:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Trigger routes only, handler decides what runs on which event, service class holds business logic, selector class holds SOQL. No framework opinion usually means they\u2019ve only maintained other people\u2019s code.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Follow-Up:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201cWhy put SOQL in a selector rather than the service class?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"11\">\n<li><b> What\u2019s the difference between <\/b><b>Trigger.new<\/b><b> and <\/b><b>Trigger.old<\/b><b> and when is each null?<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listening For:<\/span><\/i> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trigger.old<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is null on insert; <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trigger.new<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is null on delete. Both available on update.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Follow-Up:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201cWhich are read-only in an after-trigger?\u201d Both &#8211; which is why after-trigger same-record updates need explicit DML.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"12\">\n<li><b> How do you compare a field\u2019s old and new value?<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listening For:<\/span><\/i> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trigger.oldMap.get(record.Id).Field__c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> against <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">record.Field__c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. A candidate reaching for a nested loop has just failed the bulkification question implicitly.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"13\">\n<li><b> What\u2019s a wrapper class and when have you used one?<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listening For:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Combining data from multiple objects for a UI or attaching a boolean for selection. Concrete usage matters more than the definition.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"14\">\n<li><b> How do you handle exceptions in Apex?<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listening For:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Catching specific types rather than bare <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Exception<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, custom exception classes, logging with context, never swallowing silently.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Follow-Up:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201cWhat does <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Database.update(records, false)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> give you?\u201d Partial save with per-record results &#8211; useful in bulk where one bad record shouldn\u2019t fail 199 good ones.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"15\">\n<li><b> What\u2019s the difference between <\/b><b>with sharing<\/b><b>, <\/b><b>without sharing,<\/b><b> and <\/b><b>inherited sharing<\/b><b>?<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listening for:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> record-level access enforcement and that <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with sharing<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> should be the default, with exceptions documented.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Red Flag:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Treating <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">without sharing<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as a convenience.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"16\">\n<li><b> How would you refactor a 2,000-line Apex class you inherited?<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listening for:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> characterisation tests first, then extract methods, then split by responsibility. Starting to rewrite without tests tells you something.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Candidates who can explain how they&#8217;d safely refactor the class should also be able to discuss the principles covered in the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dianapps.com\/blog\/apex-programming-guide\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Apex programming guide<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Asynchronous Apex<\/b><\/h2>\n<ol start=\"17\">\n<li><b> When would you use Queueable over Batch Apex?<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listening For:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Queueable for moderate chainable work with sObject parameters and a monitorable job ID; Batch when volume needs limits resetting per 200-record chunk.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Follow-Up:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201cAnd when would <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">@future<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> be right?\u201d An honest \u201crarely now\u201d is a positive signal.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"18\">\n<li><b> You need a callout from a trigger. What happens?<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listening For:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> You can\u2019t, directly. It must be asynchronous &#8211; Queueable with <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Database.AllowsCallouts<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Follow-Up:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201cWhat if you\u2019ve already done DML in that transaction?\u201d The <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cuncommitted work pending\u201d<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> exception, which catches out people who haven\u2019t hit it.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"19\">\n<li><b> How do you process a million records?<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listening For:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Batch Apex with a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">QueryLocator<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and that limits reset per chunk.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Follow-Up:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201cWhat batch size and why?\u201d Smaller for heavy per-record work, larger for light work &#8211; limits per chunk against total execution count.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"20\">\n<li><b> What are the limits on chaining Queueable jobs?<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listening For:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> One job enqueued from a running Queueable in most contexts, versus 50 from a synchronous transaction.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"21\">\n<li><b> How do you monitor a long-running async job?<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listening For:<\/span><\/i> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AsyncApexJob<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the Apex Jobs page, the job ID returned by <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">enqueueJob,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and custom logging for anything business-critical.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>SOQL and Data<\/b><\/h2>\n<ol start=\"22\">\n<li><b> What makes a query selective and why care?<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listening For:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Indexed fields, a small enough proportion of the object, and that non-selective queries fail outright on large objects rather than just running slowly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Follow-Up:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201cHow would you check?\u201d The Query Plan tool, cost below 1.0 meaning an index is used. Few candidates know this, and it\u2019s a strong signal.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"23\">\n<li><b> How do you prevent SOQL injection?<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listening For:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Bind variables and, for dynamic queries, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Database.queryWithBinds<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with a bind map.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Currency Marker:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Citing <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">String.escapeSingleQuotes()<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as the primary defence is older material &#8211; and escaping doesn\u2019t protect field or object name positions anyway.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"24\">\n<li><b> Explain a parent-to-child versus child-to-parent query.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listening For:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Dot notation upward to five levels, subquery downward one level, and that the subquery uses the child relationship name &#8211; plural and often not the object name.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Follow-Up:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201cWhere do you find that relationship name?\u201d Object Manager, on the lookup field. Guessing it is a common time-waster.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"25\">\n<li><b> What\u2019s a semi-join and when have you used one?<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listening For:<\/span><\/i> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WHERE Id IN (SELECT &#8230;)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the anti-join variant for finding records <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">without<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> children &#8211; genuinely useful for data quality work.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"26\">\n<li><b> How do you enforce field-level security in a SOQL query?<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listening For:<\/span><\/i> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WITH USER_MODE<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which enforces object permissions, FLS, and sharing in one clause.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Currency Marker:<\/span><\/i> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WITH SECURITY_ENFORCED<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the older answer &#8211; CRUD and FLS but not sharing.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"27\">\n<li><b> When would you use SOSL instead of SOQL?<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listening For:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Text search across multiple objects when you don\u2019t know which holds the data. Also, SOSL returns a maximum of 2,000 records and reads a search index that lags slightly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For candidates working heavily with data access, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dianapps.com\/blog\/soql-and-sosl-in-salesforce\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SOQL and SOSL guide<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> provides a deeper look at query selection, relationship queries, and search patterns.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Lightning Web Components<\/b><\/h2>\n<ol start=\"28\">\n<li><b> When do you use <\/b><b>@wire<\/b><b> versus an imperative Apex call?<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listening For:<\/span><\/i> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">@wire<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for displaying data that should stay fresh; imperative when you control timing or need DML.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Follow-Up:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201cWhat\u2019s the constraint on a wired Apex method?\u201d It must be <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cacheable=true<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which means it cannot perform DML.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"29\">\n<li><b> How do two sibling components communicate?<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listening For:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Lightning Message Service. If they say pubsub, ask when they last built one &#8211; it was never a supported API.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Follow-Up:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201cAnd parent to child?\u201d A public <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">@api<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> property. Reaching for LMS everywhere is over-engineering.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"30\">\n<li><b> Why does <\/b><b>renderedCallback<\/b><b> sometimes cause an infinite loop?<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listening For:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It fires after every render, so changing a reactive property inside it triggers another render. Fix with a boolean guard.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"31\">\n<li><b> Do you still need <\/b><b>@track<\/b><b>?<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listening For:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Rarely, since Spring \u201920 &#8211; only when mutating an object\u2019s internals rather than reassigning.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Currency Marker:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201calways required\u201d means pre-2020 knowledge.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"32\">\n<li><b> Walk me through the LWC lifecycle hooks in order.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listening For:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Constructor, connectedCallback, render, renderedCallback, disconnectedCallback &#8211; and that data fetching belongs in <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">connectedCallback,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> not the constructor.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"33\">\n<li><b> How do you test a Lightning Web Component?<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listening For:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Jest, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">createElement<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">await Promise.resolve()<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> before asserting because rendering is asynchronous, querying through <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">shadowRoot<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, cleanup in <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">afterEach<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Follow-Up:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201cDo Jest tests count toward your 75% coverage?\u201d No &#8211; which is exactly why most orgs have none.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"34\">\n<li><b> What\u2019s the difference between LWC and Aura, and is Aura deprecated?<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listening For:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Web standards versus proprietary framework and that Aura is <\/span><b>not<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> deprecated &#8211; supported but receiving no new investment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Red Flag:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Claiming Aura is retired. It suggests repeating what they\u2019ve read rather than checking.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A candidate should also be able to explain the modern relationship between LWC and Aura. The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dianapps.com\/blog\/lightning-web-components-complete-guide\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lightning Web Components guide<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> provides useful context when assessing candidates for LWC-heavy roles.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Flow and Automation<\/b><\/h2>\n<ol start=\"35\">\n<li><b> Before-save or after-save Flow &#8211; how do you choose?<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listening For:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Before-save for same-record field updates, no DML cost, roughly 10\u00d7 faster. After-save for related records, emails, actions.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"36\">\n<li><b> Do Flows count toward Apex governor limits?<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listening For:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Yes. Everything firing on a save shares one transaction budget &#8211; Apex, other triggers, Flows, validation rules, managed packages.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This catches out a lot of people,<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and it\u2019s why code that passes in isolation fails in production.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"37\">\n<li><b> Where do Flows sit in the order of execution relative to triggers?<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listening For:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Before-save Flows run <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">before<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> before-triggers; after-save Flows run <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">after<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> after-triggers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Follow-Up:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201cSo is \u2018Flows run before triggers\u2019 correct?\u201d Only half &#8211; and plenty of published material gets this wrong.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"38\">\n<li><b> How do you handle errors in a Flow?<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listening For:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Fault paths on every data element, logging to a custom object, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">{!$Flow.FaultMessage}<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for real error text, and that an empty fault path is worse than none.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"39\">\n<li><b> When would you refuse to build something in Flow?<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listening For:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Complex collection processing, callouts needing retry logic, transaction control, volumes above scheduled Flow limits, or logic needing reuse from LWC and agent actions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A candidate who can articulate those boundaries should also understand the broader capabilities covered in the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dianapps.com\/blog\/the-ultimate-guide-to-salesforce-flow\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Salesforce Flow guide<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Integration and APIs<\/b><\/h2>\n<ol start=\"40\">\n<li><b> Which Salesforce API for a nightly 500,000-record load and why?<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listening For:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Bulk API 2.0 &#8211; asynchronous, designed for volume, different limit profile from REST.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Follow-Up:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201cAnd for a real-time single-record lookup?\u201d REST.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"41\">\n<li><b> How do you handle a callout that fails halfway through a batch?<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listening For:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Retry with backoff, idempotency so replays don\u2019t duplicate, logging failures for reprocessing and not assuming success.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is where integration experience shows.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Candidates without it describe the happy path only.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"42\">\n<li><b> What are Platform Events and when would you use them?<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listening For:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Event-driven decoupling, publish-subscribe, replay IDs, and that they run in a separate transaction &#8211; often the point.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"43\">\n<li><b> How do you store credentials for an external system?<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listening For:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Named Credentials or protected Custom Metadata. Anything mentioning a custom field or hardcoded value is a hard fail.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"44\">\n<li><b> Walk me through authenticating an external system to Salesforce.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listening For:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Connected App, an OAuth flow chosen deliberately, and awareness that the client credentials flow suits server-to-server.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deeper: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Salesforce integration<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Security<\/b><\/h2>\n<ol start=\"45\">\n<li><b> How do you enforce field-level security in Apex?<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listening For:<\/span><\/i> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WITH USER_MODE<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AccessLevel.USER_MODE<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on DML or <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Security.stripInaccessible()<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This separates candidates who\u2019ve been through a security review from those who haven\u2019t.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ol start=\"46\">\n<li><b> A user can see a record they shouldn\u2019t. Where do you look?<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listening For:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Org-wide defaults, role hierarchy, sharing rules, manual shares &#8211; and the one people forget: <\/span><b>Apex or a record-triggered Flow running in system mode<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"47\">\n<li><b> What\u2019s the difference between a profile and a permission set?<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listening For:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> One profile per user versus multiple permission sets and that Salesforce is moving toward a permission-set-led model.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"48\">\n<li><b> How would you give a user access to one record without changing the sharing model?<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listening for:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> manual sharing or Apex managed sharing for programmatic cases.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"49\">\n<li><b> What would you check before an AppExchange security review?<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listening For:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> CRUD and FLS enforcement, SOQL injection, XSS in Visualforce or LWC, hardcoded IDs, insecure storage. Candidates who\u2019ve been through one answer instantly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deeper: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Salesforce compliance and security<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Testing and DevOps<\/b><\/h2>\n<ol start=\"50\">\n<li><b> Your test class hits 80% coverage. Is that good?<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listening For:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201cIt depends entirely on whether the assertions prove anything.\u201d Coverage records which lines executed not whether behaviour is correct.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A deliberately loaded question and it works.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ol start=\"51\">\n<li><b> How do you test a class that makes a callout?<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listening For:<\/span><\/i> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HttpCalloutMock<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. If they haven\u2019t done it, they haven\u2019t shipped an integration.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"52\">\n<li><b> What does <\/b><b>Test.startTest()<\/b><b> actually do?<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listening for:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> resets governor limits for the enclosed block and forces async work to complete. \u201cIt starts the test\u201d is reciting.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"53\">\n<li><b> Why should you avoid <\/b><b>SeeAllData=true<\/b><b>?<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listening For:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It makes tests dependent on org data, so they pass in one environment and fail in another.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"54\">\n<li><b> How does your code get to production?<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listening For:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Source control, a pipeline, validation-only deployments. Change sets aren\u2019t disqualifying, but they tell you how much you\u2019ll be teaching.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"55\">\n<li><b> How would you roll back a bad deployment?<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listening For:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Salesforce has no native rollback &#8211; you deploy forward to a known-good state, which only works if it\u2019s in version control.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is the strongest single argument for source-driven development,<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and candidates who\u2019ve lived it say so immediately.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deeper: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dianapps.com\/blog\/salesforce-devops-guide\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Salesforce DevOps<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><b>Scenario Questions<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Harder to rehearse, which is why they\u2019re worth the time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>An Opportunity update takes eight seconds, and users are complaining. Diagnose it.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listening For:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> A method &#8211; check what fires on save first, then a debug log\u2019s Limits section, then whether it\u2019s CPU or query time. <\/span><b>SOQL wait time doesn\u2019t count toward CPU<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, so slow-but-under-limit points at query performance rather than code.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>A nightly job has started failing with \u2018Too many query rows: 50001\u2019. What happened?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listening For:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Data volume grew past a threshold. Fix with selective filters or Batch Apex, not by micro-optimising the existing query.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Two automations update the same record, and you\u2019re getting <\/b><b>UNABLE_TO_LOCK_ROW<\/b><b>. What now?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listening For:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Identify what\u2019s contending, reorder or reduce batch size on data loads, move work asynchronously, add a fault path.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>You\u2019ve inherited an org with fifteen Flows and four triggers on Account. Where do you start?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listening For:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Map what fires before changing anything &#8211; Flow Trigger Explorer, debug logs, an inventory. Starting by deleting is a risk.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>A stakeholder wants a custom object that duplicates something standard. What do you say?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listening For:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Pushback with a reason and asking what problem they\u2019re solving. Also the licensing angle &#8211; duplicating standard functionality can breach your agreement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Tell me about something you built that broke in production.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The most useful question on this page.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Nobody can revise for it. Listen for a specific incident, what they changed, and whether they blame the platform, the requirements, or themselves. The third is rarest and most valuable.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Agentforce and AI<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Increasingly asked, and most candidates have opinions rather than experience. That distinction is the point.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>What have you actually deployed with Agentforce?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listening for:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> specifics &#8211; topics, actions, grounding, guardrails. Vague enthusiasm means they\u2019ve watched a demo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>How do you stop an agent giving wrong answers?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listening for:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> grounding in Data 360, retrieval quality, tight topic scoping, instructions that constrain, testing with evaluation sets.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>How would you expose existing Apex logic to an agent?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listening for:<\/span><\/i> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">@InvocableMethod<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. A strong candidate notes the same method also serves Flow and LWC &#8211; which is why the service-layer pattern matters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>When is an agent the wrong solution?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listening for:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> deterministic processes, regulated advice, anything where a wrong answer is expensive or where a Flow does it more cheaply and predictably.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deeper: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">what is Agentforce<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Red Flags<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Can\u2019t explain governor limits without prompting.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Non-negotiable at any level.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>No source control experience.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> A genuine disqualifier in 2026.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Describes every problem as needing custom code.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Can\u2019t name anything they\u2019ve built that failed.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Vague about personal contribution.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Ask \u201cwhat did <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">you<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> write?\u201d until you get a straight answer.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Hardcodes IDs or stores credentials in custom fields.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Claims Aura or Visualforce is retired.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Repeating what they\u2019ve read rather than checking.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Answers are word-perfect but collapse on the first follow-up.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The clearest sign of a memorised list.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>A Scoring Rubric<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20613\" src=\"https:\/\/dianapps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ChatGPT-Image-Aug-24-2026-03_34_28-PM.webp\" alt=\"Scoring rubric weighting: bulkification and governor limits at 25 percent, declarative versus code judgement at 20 percent, testing at 15 percent, security at 15 percent, integration at 10 percent, DevOps at 10 percent, and communication at 5 percent\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dianapps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ChatGPT-Image-Aug-24-2026-03_34_28-PM.webp 1536w, https:\/\/dianapps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ChatGPT-Image-Aug-24-2026-03_34_28-PM-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/dianapps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ChatGPT-Image-Aug-24-2026-03_34_28-PM-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/dianapps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ChatGPT-Image-Aug-24-2026-03_34_28-PM-640x427.webp 640w, https:\/\/dianapps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ChatGPT-Image-Aug-24-2026-03_34_28-PM-400x267.webp 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scoring rubric weighting: bulkification and governor limits at 25 percent, declarative versus code judgement at 20 percent, testing at 15 percent, security at 15 percent, integration at 10 percent, DevOps at 10 percent, and communication at 5 percent<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Score each area 1\u20134<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, then weight. Adjust weights to the role &#8211; an integration-heavy position raises that band; a greenfield build raises architecture judgement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Score immediately after each interview,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> not at the end of the process. Memory compresses in favour of whoever you spoke to last.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Use the same rubric for every candidate.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Comparing notes written in different formats is how bias enters.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Building a 45-Minute Interview From This Bank<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Don\u2019t ask 55 questions. Pick 10\u201312:<\/span><\/p>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-273\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-273\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">Role type<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">Weight toward<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Generalist developer<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Q7, Q8, Q9, Q17, Q22, Q28, Q35, Q45, Q50, plus two scenarios<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Integration-heavy<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Q40, Q41, Q42, Q43, Q44, Q18, Q7, Q55, plus two scenarios<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Front-end \/ LWC<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Q28\u2013Q34, Q7, Q45, Q50, plus one scenario<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Senior \/ lead<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Q10, Q16, Q39, Q55, all six scenarios, Q47<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Junior<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Q1, Q2, Q7, Q11, Q14, Q50, plus \u201ctell me what you\u2019ve built\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-273 from cache -->\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Always include Q7 (query in a loop) and <\/span><b>\u201c<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tell me about something that broke<\/span><b>.\u201d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Those two do more work than any other pair here.<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"background: #EEF2FE; border: 1px solid #DBE2FB; border-radius: 14px; padding: 28px 32px; margin: 38px 0;\">\n<h4 style=\"color: #1b3fae; font-size: 22px; line-height: 1.3; font-weight: bold; margin: 0 0 10px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Ready to Add Salesforce Engineering Capacity?<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"color: #4b5563; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0 0 22px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bring experienced Salesforce developers into your team when you need production experience across Apex, LWC, integrations, automation, and DevOps.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"display: inline-block; background: #2563EB; color: #ffffff; text-decoration: none; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 600; padding: 13px 26px; border-radius: 8px;\" href=\"https:\/\/dianapps.com\/hire-salesforce-developers\">Hire Salesforce Developers<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>For Candidates: How to Prepare<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Briefly, since half of you are on the other side of the table.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Don\u2019t memorise lists.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Interviewers who\u2019ve read this will ask \u201cwhen would that be the wrong choice?\u201d and a rehearsed answer stops dead.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Build something.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> A free Developer Edition org and one real project teaches more than a hundred questions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Have three stories ready:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> something you built that worked, something that broke, and something you argued against building. The third impresses most.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Know bulkification cold.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It\u2019s in essentially every Salesforce developer interview, and it\u2019s the concept most likely to be tested with a follow-up.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Check your currency.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> If you\u2019d answer with <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WITH SECURITY_ENFORCED<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">String.escapeSingleQuotes()<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">@track<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> being always required, or pub\/sub for component communication, your knowledge is dated &#8211; and interviewers use exactly those to work out when you last learned something.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Where to Go Next<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the full hiring process around these questions, see <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dianapps.com\/blog\/how-to-hire-a-salesforce-developer\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">how to hire a Salesforce developer<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For deciding which role you need first: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dianapps.com\/blog\/salesforce-admin-vs-developer-vs-architect\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">admin vs developer vs architect vs consultant<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the technical topics behind the questions: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dianapps.com\/blog\/apex-programming-guide\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Apex<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dianapps.com\/blog\/soql-and-sosl-in-salesforce\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SOQL<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dianapps.com\/blog\/salesforce-governor-limits\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">governor limits<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dianapps.com\/blog\/lightning-web-components-complete-guide\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lightning Web Components<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dianapps.com\/blog\/the-ultimate-guide-to-salesforce-flow\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Flow<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dianapps.com\/blog\/flow-vs-apex-in-salesforce\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Flow vs Apex<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">integration<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dianapps.com\/blog\/salesforce-devops-guide\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DevOps<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">security,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Agentforce<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For weighing a hire against a partner, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dianapps.com\/blog\/in-house-vs-outsourced-salesforce-development\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in-house vs outsourced Salesforce development<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dianapps.com\/blog\/salesforce-development-guide\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">complete Salesforce development guide<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the hub.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>If You\u2019d Rather Not Run the Process at All<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Interviewing well takes a competent Salesforce developer\u2019s time &#8211; awkward if the reason you\u2019re hiring is that you don\u2019t have one.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That\u2019s the most common version of this problem we\u2019re asked about. Sometimes the answer is that we help you screen. Sometimes it\u2019s that the backlog doesn\u2019t justify a permanent hire and a partner fits better for a while.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We\u2019re a certified Salesforce Consulting Partner, and we\u2019re happy to sit in on a technical screen or review a practical exercise submission &#8211; whether or not you end up working with us.<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"background: #EEF2FE; border: 1px solid #DBE2FB; border-radius: 14px; padding: 28px 32px; margin: 38px 0;\">\n<h4 style=\"color: #1b3fae; font-size: 22px; line-height: 1.3; font-weight: bold; margin: 0 0 10px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Want an Expert to Handle the Technical Screening?<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"color: #4b5563; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0 0 22px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Share the role, backlog, and technical requirements with our Salesforce team and let us help you evaluate the candidates or delivery model.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"display: inline-block; background: #2563EB; color: #ffffff; text-decoration: none; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 600; padding: 13px 26px; border-radius: 8px;\" href=\"https:\/\/dianapps.com\/contact\">Talk to Our Salesforce Experts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<style>.elementor-20604 .elementor-element.elementor-element-2932a52{text-align:left;}.elementor-20604 .elementor-element.elementor-element-2932a52 > .elementor-widget-container{margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;}.elementor-20604 .elementor-element.elementor-element-0b767d1 .elementor-tab-title{border-width:1px;border-color:#00000014;}.elementor-20604 .elementor-element.elementor-element-0b767d1 .elementor-tab-content{border-width:1px;border-bottom-color:#00000014;}.elementor-20604 .elementor-element.elementor-element-0b767d1 > .elementor-widget-container{margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;}<\/style><div class=\"porto-block elementor elementor-20604\">\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-27707ca elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"27707ca\" data-element_type=\"section\">\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0163611\" data-id=\"0163611\" data-element_type=\"column\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-03a2969 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"03a2969\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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elementor - v3.14.0 - 26-06-2023 *\/\n.elementor-toggle{text-align:left}.elementor-toggle .elementor-tab-title{font-weight:700;line-height:1;margin:0;padding:15px;border-bottom:1px solid #d5d8dc;cursor:pointer;outline:none}.elementor-toggle .elementor-tab-title .elementor-toggle-icon{display:inline-block;width:1em}.elementor-toggle .elementor-tab-title .elementor-toggle-icon svg{-webkit-margin-start:-5px;margin-inline-start:-5px;width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-toggle .elementor-tab-title .elementor-toggle-icon.elementor-toggle-icon-right{float:right;text-align:right}.elementor-toggle .elementor-tab-title .elementor-toggle-icon.elementor-toggle-icon-left{float:left;text-align:left}.elementor-toggle .elementor-tab-title .elementor-toggle-icon .elementor-toggle-icon-closed{display:block}.elementor-toggle .elementor-tab-title .elementor-toggle-icon .elementor-toggle-icon-opened{display:none}.elementor-toggle .elementor-tab-title.elementor-active{border-bottom:none}.elementor-toggle .elementor-tab-title.elementor-active .elementor-toggle-icon-closed{display:none}.elementor-toggle .elementor-tab-title.elementor-active .elementor-toggle-icon-opened{display:block}.elementor-toggle .elementor-tab-content{padding:15px;border-bottom:1px solid #d5d8dc;display:none}@media (max-width:767px){.elementor-toggle .elementor-tab-title{padding:12px}.elementor-toggle .elementor-tab-content{padding:12px 10px}}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-toggle,.e-con>.elementor-widget-toggle{width:var(--container-widget-width);--flex-grow:var(--container-widget-flex-grow)}<\/style>\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 id=\"elementor-tab-title-1201\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1201\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">What questions should I ask a Salesforce developer in an interview?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1201\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1201\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Start with bulkification &#8211; \u201cyou have a trigger that queries inside a loop, what happens with 200 records?\u201d Then order of execution, Flow versus Apex judgement, test coverage versus assertions, and field-level security enforcement. Follow every answer with \u201cwhen would that be the wrong choice?\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 id=\"elementor-tab-title-1202\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1202\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">How do I know if a Salesforce developer is any good?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1202\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1202\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Give them a small paid task from your real backlog. Assess four things: did they bulkify without being told, do the tests assert anything meaningful, did they ask clarifying questions, and can another developer read the code?<\/span><\/p><h3>\u00a0<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 id=\"elementor-tab-title-1203\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1203\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">What are the most important Salesforce interview topics?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1203\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1203\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bulkification and governor limits above everything, then order of execution, declarative versus code judgement, testing beyond the 75% gate, security enforcement in Apex, and source control. Bulkification appears in almost every interview because it\u2019s what causes production failures.<\/span><\/p><h3>\u00a0<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 id=\"elementor-tab-title-1204\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1204\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Should I use scenario-based questions?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1204\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1204\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yes &#8211; they\u2019re much harder to rehearse. \u201cAn Opportunity update takes eight seconds, how do you diagnose it?\u201d reveals method, whereas \u201cwhat is a trigger?\u201d reveals only preparation.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 id=\"elementor-tab-title-1205\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1205\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">How long should a Salesforce developer interview be?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1205\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1205\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A 20-minute technical screen, a 45-minute technical interview, a two-to-four-hour paid practical exercise, and a 30-minute team conversation. Putting the screen first means senior time is spent only on candidates who can code.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 id=\"elementor-tab-title-1206\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"6\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1206\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">What are red flags in a Salesforce developer interview?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1206\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"6\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1206\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not explaining governor limits, no source control experience, describing every problem as needing code, no failure stories, vagueness about personal contribution, hardcoded IDs or credentials in custom fields, and answers that collapse on the first follow-up.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 id=\"elementor-tab-title-1207\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"7\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1207\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">How do I tell if a candidate\u2019s knowledge is out of date?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1207\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"7\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1207\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listen for the currency markers. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WITH SECURITY_ENFORCED<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> rather than <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WITH USER_MODE<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">String.escapeSingleQuotes()<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as the primary injection defence, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">@track<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> described as always required or pubsub for component communication &#8211; each dates when they last learned something new.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 id=\"elementor-tab-title-1208\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"8\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1208\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Should I ask about certifications?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1208\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"8\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1208\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Use them as a filter, never the decision. Platform Developer I is a reasonable baseline; PD2 is stronger because it requires a practical assessment. A candidate with eight certifications and no production experience is a worse hire than one with PD1 and three years of shipped work.<\/span><\/p><h3>\u00a0<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 id=\"elementor-tab-title-1209\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"9\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1209\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">How do I interview for Agentforce or AI skills?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1209\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"9\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1209\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ask what they\u2019ve actually deployed rather than what they know about it. Good signals include grounding agents in Data 360, designing topics and actions, writing guardrails, and being honest about where agents fail.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 id=\"elementor-tab-title-12010\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"10\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-12010\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">What should a junior Salesforce developer know?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-12010\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"10\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-12010\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Apex syntax, simple triggers, basic SOQL and &#8211; most importantly &#8211; that governor limits exist and why. 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