Salesforce Interview Questions

1.What is the difference between map and set in  Salesforce  collections?.

Map:A map is a collection of key-value pairs where each unique key maps to a single value. Keys can be any primitive data type, while values can be a primitive, sObject, collection type or an Apex object. For example, the following table represents a map of countries and currencies:

Country (Key) 'United States' 'Japan'  'France'            'England'         'India'

Currency (Value)        'Dollar' 'Yen'    'Euro'   'Pound'            'Rupee'

Similar to lists, map values can contain any collection, and can be nested within one another. For example, you can have a map of Integers to maps, which, in turn, map Strings to lists. A map can only contain up to five levels of nested collections inside it.

Set:A set is an unordered collection of primitives or sObjects that do not contain any duplicate elements. For example, the following table represents a set of String, that uses city names:

'San Francisco'            'New York'      'Paris'   'Tokyo' To declare a set, use the Set keyword followed by the primitive data type name within <> characters. For example:

 2. Why Use Triggers?  

 Triggers are used to perform immediate actions based on previous action e.g. field update. An apex language is used to write triggers

Eg: Account merges

http://www.salesforce.com/us/developer/docs/apexcode/Content/apex_triggers.htm

3. What are different types of Triggers?

 There are two types of triggers

a) Before trigger- is used before database operation

 b) After trigger-is used  to access field values that are set by the database (such as a record's Id or lastUpdated field), and to affect changes in other records, such as logging into an audit table or firing asynchronous events with a queue.

4. Why Use Visual Force?

 Visual force is a Sales force UI markup language using visual force we can construct   WebPages. In Sales force MVC architecture Visual force represents View.

5. How do you handle errors?

 Error handing is done directly displaying in Visual force page using Apex Pages methods   to end users or displaying in debug logs.

http://www.salesforce.com/us/developer/docs/pages/Content/apex_methods_system_apexpages.htm?SearchType=Stem

6. What is a Component?

In sales force component is a reusable piece of code developed using Visual force and Apex controller.

7.Tell me about a project with Salesforce in which you led the architecture that was not explicitly limited to the Salesforce infrastructure.

8.How long ago did you work on the above mentioned project?

9.Tell me about inner-department communications and your approach to communicating with non-technical team members.

10.What measures have you taken to make your software products more easily maintainable?

11.What development processes have you used in your recent projects? Were any tools used to support these processes? If so can you name some of the advantages and short comings of the tool/ tools?

12.What is an junction object?.

13.What is the difference between master detail relationship and look up relationship. ?

https://login.salesforce.com/help/doc/en/overview_of_custom_object_relationships.htm

14.How will you handle 10001 SOQL  problem in apex?

15. Define force.com and Salesforce.com?

16.Explain some examples  for work-flow rules?

17.What is the use of  future method?

http://www.salesforce.com/us/developer/docs/apexcode/Content/apex_classes_annotation_future.htm

18.What is abstract class?.

19.Explain object oriented concepts in sales force how will you implement this?

20.How will you import and export data between two systems eg: SFDC and SQL?

21.What is appexchange?

22.Explain about cloud?.

23.Explain about validation rules in salesforce?.

24.What is the difference between roles and profiles?.

25.What is the difference between record level ,field level, object level security?

26.How will you use web services in sales force.com?.

27.Can you explain about limitation why this limitation placed in sales force.

28.what is view state in sales force?.It there is any limitation after winter11?

29.What is the difference between Role and Profile?

30.How you handle part of page refresh using VF?

31.How you can define a trigger is executed successfully?

32.Explain about yours current project?

33.How do you rate yours self in apex,VF?

34.How you can  deal with project dead lines?

35.How you can use external WSDL files in Sales force?

36.What is difference between rest full and soap API?

37.What is yours Strong point Sales force?

38.How you can with SQL injections in Sales force?

39.Can you explain test methods in salesforce?

41.Can you explain relationships in salesforce?

42.What are SOQL limitations?

43.How can bypass SOQL statement to fetch more 1000 records?

44.What job did you like more in your carrier?

45.Can you explain a scenario integrating login method to third party application.

46.Can you explain about SFDC controllers?

47.Can you explain about sales process?

48.What is a set in salesforce deployments?

49.How many ways you can invoke an work flow?

50.What are governor limits can you explain about it?