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Salesforce Basics (10)

1.​ What is Salesforce?

3.​ What is CRM? Why do companies use it?​

4.​ What are the different editions of Salesforce?​

5.​ What are Objects in Salesforce?​

6.​ What is the difference between Standard and Custom Objects?​

7.​ What is a Record in Salesforce?​

8.​ What is a Field in Salesforce?​

9.​ What is the difference between a Role and a Profile?​

10.​What is the use of the App Launcher?​

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Data Modeling (10)

11.​What are Relationships in Salesforce?​

12.​What is a Lookup Relationship?​

13.​What is a Master-Detail Relationship?​

14.​What is a Junction Object?​

15.​What is the difference between Lookup and Master-Detail?​

17.​What is a Schema Builder?​

18.​What is a Validation Rule?​

19.​What are Formula Fields?​

20.​What are Record Types?​

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Automation Tools (10)

21.​What is a Workflow Rule?​

22.​What is a Process Builder?​

23.​What is Flow Builder?​

24.​What is an Approval Process?​

25.​When should you use a Flow vs Process Builder?​

26.​What are Entry Criteria in a Workflow Rule?​

27.​What are Time-dependent actions?​

28.​What is Auto-Launched Flow?​

29.​What is a Triggered Flow?​

30.​What are Assignment Rules?​

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Security and Access (10)

31.​What is Org-Wide Default (OWD)?​

32.​What is a Sharing Rule?​

34.​What is a Permission Set?​

35.​What is Field-Level Security?​

36.​What is Record-Level Security?​

37.​What is Manual Sharing?​

38.​What is a Public Group?​

39.​What is the difference between Role Hierarchy and Sharing Rules?​

40.​Can you restrict a user from viewing a field?​

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User Interface & Navigation (5)

41.​What are Lightning Pages?​

42.​What is App Page vs Record Page?​

43.​What is a Lightning Component?​

44.​What is a Tab in Salesforce?​

45.​How do you customize the Home Page in Lightning?​

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Data Management (10)

46.​How do you import data into Salesforce?​

47.​What is the Data Import Wizard?​

48.​What is Data Loader?​

49.​How do you export data?​

51.​What are Matching Rules?​

52.​What is a Recycle Bin in Salesforce?​

53.​What is Data Skew?​

54.​What is the best way to clean data in Salesforce?​

55.​How do you schedule data export?​

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Salesforce Development Basics (10)

56.​What is Apex?​

57.​What is a Trigger?​

58.​What is a Batch Apex?​

59.​What is SOQL?​

60.​What is SOSL?​

61.​What is a Governor Limit?​

62.​What are the different types of Triggers?​

63.​What are Apex Classes?​

64.​What is a Future Method?​

65.​What is the use of @isTest?​

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Lightning Web Components (LWC) Basics (5)

66.​What is LWC?​
 67.​What is the difference between Aura and LWC?​

68.​What are the decorators in LWC?​

69.​How do you communicate between components?​

70.​What is the use of Lightning Base Components?​

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Deployment & Environments (5)

71.​What are Sandboxes?​

72.​What is the difference between Dev Sandbox and Full Copy?​

73.​How do you deploy components to production?​

74.​What is Change Set?​

75.​What is Metadata API?​

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Reports and Dashboards (10)

76.​What is a Report in Salesforce?​

77.​What are the types of Reports?​

78.​What is a Dashboard?​

79.​What is a Report Type?​

80.​What is Bucket Field in a Report?​

81.​What is a Joined Report?​

82.​What are Filters in Reports?​

83.​What is a Dynamic Dashboard?​

85.​What is the use of Report Folders?​

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AppExchange & Integration (5)

86.​What is AppExchange?​

87.​How do you install an AppExchange package?​

88.​What is a Managed Package?​

89.​What is API in Salesforce?​

90.​What is the use of REST API?​

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Common Interview Scenarios (10)

91.​How would you restrict a user from deleting records?​

92.​How would you automate sending a welcome email?​

93.​How do you prevent duplicate records?​

94.​How do you assign leads to different users automatically?​

95.​How would you track changes in a field?​

96.​How to create a dependent picklist?​

97.​How do you troubleshoot a Flow that fails?​

98.​How would you create a many-to-many relationship?​

99.​How do you allow access to a field only for a certain user?​

100.​ Describe a scenario where you used automation to solve a business need.​
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Advanced Admin Concepts (15)

1.​ What are the limitations of Workflow Rules compared to Flow?​

2.​ How do you decide when to use Record Types?​

3.​ What are the key differences between Validation Rule and Workflow Rule?​

4.​ How do you restrict a user from editing a field after it’s saved?​

5.​ Can you trigger a Flow from a checkbox field?​

6.​ What are the limits of Process Builder?​

7.​ How do you control field visibility based on profile and record type?​

8.​ How do you show different layouts to different users?​

9.​ What are the pros and cons of using formula fields?​

10.​What happens when a field is deleted that’s referenced in a workflow?​

11.​Can you auto-assign a task when a case is created? How?​

12.​How would you create a business rule that applies only on record update?​

13.​What are Dynamic Forms in Salesforce Lightning?​

14.​What’s the difference between Public Group and Queue?​

15.​Can a user belong to multiple roles?​

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Declarative Automation vs Code (5)

16.​When should you use a Flow vs Apex Trigger?​

17.​Why are Flows preferred over Process Builder now?​

18.​Can you call Apex inside a Flow?​

20.​How do you debug an issue when Flow and Apex both modify the same field?​

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Advanced Data Management (10)

21.​How do you manage duplicate records in a large import?​

22.​What is External ID? How is it used in Data Loader?​

23.​How do you ensure referential integrity while importing related records?​

24.​Can you load child records without parent Salesforce IDs?​

25.​How do you clean up orphaned records?​

26.​What are best practices for using VLOOKUP with Data Loader?​

27.​What is Data Skew and how does it happen?​

28.​What is the difference between soft delete and hard delete?​

29.​How can you avoid hitting API limits during bulk upload?​

30.​How do you handle failed records in bulk data import?​

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Security & Sharing Scenarios (10)

31.​A user can’t see a record even though the OWD is Public Read/Write. Why?​

32.​How would you give a user access to just 1 record?​

33.​Can you bypass profile restrictions using Permission Sets?​

34.​When to use manual sharing over sharing rules?​

35.​A user can edit records they didn’t create—why?​

37.​Can sharing rules override OWD Private?​

38.​Why is Role Hierarchy important in large orgs?​

39.​What is the difference between Login IP Ranges and Login Hours?​

40.​What happens if a Permission Set and Profile conflict?​

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Apex & SOQL Basics (10)

41.​What are Governor Limits? Give 3 examples.​

42.​What’s the difference between SOQL and SOSL?​

43.​How do you avoid SOQL-in-loop error?​

44.​What is a Trigger.new and Trigger.old?​

45.​Can we call a future method from a trigger?​

46.​What is DML? Give examples.​

47.​What is the difference between before insert and after insert?​

48.​What is the best way to debug Apex logic in developer console?​

49.​What is an Apex Class?​

50.​What is a Test Class and why is it required?​

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Lightning & UI (5)

51.​What is the use of Lightning App Builder?​

52.​What are base Lightning Components?​

54.​How do you create a reusable Lightning Web Component?​

55.​What’s the difference between Aura and LWC?​

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Reporting & Dashboard Scenarios (5)

56.​How do you create a report that shows Opportunities closed last month by region?​

57.​What is the use of Bucketing in Reports?​

58.​What is a Row-Level Formula in Reports?​

59.​What is the difference between a Dashboard and a Report?​

60.​How do you create a report on custom object relationships?​