Salesforce Interview Questions

Salesforce Interview Questions

Practice 60 real Salesforce interview questions for 2026. Covers all top categories — Coding & Algorithms, System Design, Software Engineering Fundamentals, Behavioral & Leadership, and ML System Design — across Software Engineer, Machine Learning Engineer, and Backend Engineer roles. Real questions from actual interviews with detailed solutions. This collection is built for focused interview preparation: expect coding-heavy OA problems and live coding, a strong system-design component, and behavioral rounds tied to ownership and collaboration. For Software Engineers (44 questions) the recurring technical themes are clear: two online-assessment coding problems plus common data-structure and JavaScript implementation tasks, LFU/LRU cache design, interval/scheduling puzzles (maximize events attended), backend tradeoffs like DynamoDB vs MySQL and configurable monthly API rate limiting, scalable notification and short-video (TikTok-like) platform designs, Kubernetes pipeline orchestration, and behavioral prompts on ownership, conflict, and failure recovery. Machine Learning Engineer questions emphasize collaborative spreadsheet backends, ML and LLM fundamentals, and concurrent site crawling. Backend Engineer questions focus on low-level control and analytics systems such as Elevator Control System and Chat Analytics backends. Use timed OA practice, system-design sketches, and STAR-based stories for interview preparation.

60 Questions 1 Company07.13.2026
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Medium
Software Engineer

Delete One Character Type to Minimize Unique Segments

Problem Implement min_unique_segments_after_deletion(s) for a nonempty lowercase English string. Choose exactly one character value that appears in s ...

Coding & Algorithms
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33 people solved
Jul 13, 2026
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Salesforce
Medium
Software Engineer

Maximal Square and Longest Increasing Subsequence

Problem Implement analyze(matrix, nums) and return [max_square_area, lis_length]. Part A: Maximal Square matrix is a rectangular grid containing only ...

Coding & Algorithms
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28 people solved
Jul 9, 2026
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Medium
Software Engineer

Present and Defend Recent Research on AI Agents

Prepare and defend a research presentation about one recent project, then connect its lessons to AI-agent systems. Use your own work; do not invent re...

Machine Learning
2
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24 people solved
Jul 12, 2026
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Medium
Software Engineer

Design a Synchronized Watch Party System (LLD)

Design a Watch Party system that lets a host create a virtual room and have multiple users join — via a unique Room ID — to watch the same video conte...

System Design
10
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97 people solved
Jun 30, 2026
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Medium
Software Engineer

Design a Venue Rental and Booking System (HLD)

Design a venue / facility rental system that lets organizers — schools, clubs, and event organizers — discover and rent out physical venues. Venues ar...

System Design
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126 people solved
Jun 30, 2026
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Hard
Software Engineer

Discuss Transferable Experience for a New Mobile Product Team

Discuss Transferable Experience for a New Mobile Product Team In a manager conversation for a new native mobile product team, you are asked about your...

Behavioral & Leadership
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6 people solved
Jun 1, 2026
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Medium
Software Engineer

Design a coffee ordering system

System Design: Coffee Ordering System Design a system for a coffee shop (and later a chain of stores) that lets customers order drinks for pickup or i...

System Design
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7395 people solved
Jan 22, 2026
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Medium
Software EngineerSenior+

Solve Two OA Coding Problems

The online assessment included two coding problems: 1. In-place character run compression - You are given an array of characters. - Compress con...

Coding & Algorithms
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105 people solved
Apr 5, 2026
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Medium
Software Engineer Locked

Choose DynamoDB vs MySQL for a backend

This question evaluates a candidate's ability to reason about data modeling, access patterns, query complexity, consistency and transactional requirem...

Software Engineering Fundamentals
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107 people solved
Mar 1, 2026
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Medium
Machine Learning EngineerSenior+

Explain ML and LLM fundamentals

You are interviewing for an AI Engineer role. Explain the following concepts and how they affect real systems: 1. What is F1 score, and when is it mor...

Machine Learning
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80 people solved
Jan 12, 2026
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Software Engineer Locked

Implement common data-structure and JS tasks

This multi-part prompt evaluates core competencies in data structures and algorithms (time-based key-value design, duplicate removal in sorted linked ...

Coding & Algorithms
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162 people solved
Feb 12, 2026
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Hard
Software Engineer

Answer ownership, conflict, and failure recovery questions

You are in a 45-minute hiring manager (behavioral) interview. Prepare structured answers to: 1. Ownership: Describe a project where you showed the mos...

Behavioral & Leadership
9
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79 people solved
Jan 22, 2026
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Salesforce
Hard
Software Engineer

How do you perform a thorough code review?

You are given several Python backend files to review (treat this as an “OA in code-review format”). The code performs database operations such as SQL ...

Software Engineering Fundamentals
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90 people solved
Feb 17, 2026
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Salesforce
Medium
Software Engineer

Find a Valid Task Execution Order with Dependencies

You are building the task scheduler for a CI/build system. There are n build tasks labeled from 0 to n - 1. Some tasks cannot start until certain othe...

Coding & Algorithms
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0
7 people solved
Jun 30, 2026
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Salesforce
Medium
Machine Learning EngineerSenior+

Build a concurrent site crawler

Implement a small crawler in Python for a single target website. Requirements: - Input: a start URL, a maximum crawl depth, and an output CSV path. - ...

Coding & Algorithms
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89 people solved
Jan 12, 2026
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Salesforce
Medium
Software Engineer

Design a Concurrent Car Reservation Service

Design a Concurrent Car Reservation Service Prompt Design a car reservation service. A customer searches for an available car for a location and time ...

System Design
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20 people solved
Jan 18, 2026
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Salesforce
Medium
Software Engineer

Describe a memorable bug and persuasion story

Behavioral Questions Q1: Most memorable bug Tell me about the most memorable/impactful bug you encountered in your work experience. - What was the use...

Behavioral & Leadership
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80 people solved
Jan 22, 2026
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Salesforce
Medium
Software Engineer

Design a Multi-Vendor Integration Platform

Design a Multi-Vendor Integration Platform Prompt Design a platform that connects a product to many third-party vendors such as email and team-messagi...

System Design
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0
18 people solved
Jan 18, 2026
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Medium
Software Engineer Locked

Design a scalable coffee ordering notification system

This question evaluates a candidate's ability to design scalable, real-time distributed systems with emphasis on order lifecycle management, reliable ...

System Design
8
0
135 people solved
Feb 12, 2026
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Easy
Backend Engineer

Design an Elevator Control System

Design an object-oriented elevator control system for a building with multiple floors and multiple elevators. The system should support: - Hall reques...

Software Engineering Fundamentals
15
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136 people solved
Dec 4, 2025

Frequently Asked Questions

How difficult are Salesforce interview questions (difficulty)?
Salesforce interview questions from the 60-question set for 2026 span a broad difficulty range: most coding problems land at LeetCode medium, with a handful of easy and hard problems sprinkled in. Software Engineer rounds emphasize algorithmic correctness, performance, and clean code under time pressure. Senior roles add deeper low- and high-level system design that expects tradeoffs, data modeling, and scalability thinking. Machine Learning and Backend interviews include fewer questions but can ask complex architecture or concurrency topics. Behavioral rounds consistently probe ownership, conflict resolution, and impact—prepare both technical depth and real-world influence stories.
What is the Salesforce interview process and where do these Salesforce interview questions appear (process + where TOPIC appears)?
Typical Salesforce interviews begin with a recruiter screen, often followed by an online assessment or live coding screen, then a virtual loop of 2–4 technical interviews and a hiring-manager or behavioral round. For Software Engineer roles the loop focuses on coding and system design; Machine Learning Engineer screens emphasize ML fundamentals, LLM concepts, and data pipeline design; Backend roles concentrate on architecture and concurrency. Interview formats use shared editors for coding and 60-minute blocks for design or behavioral conversations. Expect cross-functional interviewers and a hiring committee review before a decision.
How should I structure my interview preparation timeline for Salesforce (prep timeline)?
For thorough preparation allow six to eight weeks: start with two weeks of daily algorithm practice to rebuild fluency, then two weeks focused on systems and architecture fundamentals, and two weeks on role-specific patterns such as data modeling, caching, and distributed pipelines. Reserve the final one to two weeks for mock interviews, timed OA practice, and polishing STAR behavioral stories around ownership, failure recovery, and team conflict. If you have less time, prioritize consistent daily coding and two long mock interviews per week. Schedule at least one mock loop that mirrors Salesforce timing and pair-programming tools.
Which technical subtopics and themes should I prioritize for Salesforce interviews (key subtopics)?
Prioritize algorithmic problem solving (arrays, graphs, dynamic programming, hash maps) and common data structures—these power the online assessments. For system and backend design, focus on service APIs, data modeling, caching strategies, eventual consistency, rate limiting, and message/event architectures; themes from the 60-question set include DynamoDB vs MySQL decisions, pipeline orchestration on Kubernetes, configurable API rate limiters, and scalable notification systems. For applied engineering expect LFU cache implementations, concurrency patterns, and SQL vs NoSQL tradeoffs. Machine learning questions target ML/LLM fundamentals, scalable feature stores, and concurrent crawlers. Also rehearse code-review reasoning and ownership-focused behavioral narratives.
What standout tips and common pitfalls should I watch for when preparing for Salesforce interviews (standout tips + pitfalls)?
Standout tips: practice clear, incremental thinking—state assumptions, ask clarifying questions, and iterate from a correct simple solution to optimized versions. For system design, sketch data models, APIs, scaling strategies, and observability plans. Build STAR stories that show ownership, measurable impact, and how you recovered from failures. Common pitfalls: skipping edge-case tests, prematurely optimizing without constraints, ignoring tradeoffs when choosing SQL vs NoSQL, and giving vague behavioral answers. Also avoid glossing over code-review-style questions—explain readability, testability, and maintainability choices, not just asymptotic complexity.

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