Salesforce Interview Questions for Indian Companies 2026

Salesforce hiring in India falls into four main role types, each with a different interview focus.

Salesforce Developer: Apex (server-side), LWC (Lightning Web Components for UI), SOQL/SOSL queries, REST/SOAP integrations. The most common technical role in India. Salesforce Admin: configuration over code: objects, fields, workflows, validation rules, profiles, permission sets, reports, dashboards. Certification (Admin 201) is often a minimum requirement. Salesforce Architect: CTA (Certified Technical Architect) pathway: data modelling, enterprise integration, governor limits, org strategy. Limited hiring but highest paying. Salesforce Consultant: process consulting + configuration for specific clouds (Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Field Service). Domain knowledge (banking, retail) is valued alongside platform knowledge.

Apex is the Salesforce-proprietary server-side language (Java-like), and it is the centre of developer interviews.

Governor Limits: Salesforce enforces hard execution limits: 100 SOQL queries per transaction, 150 DML statements, 50,000 query rows. Common question: 'Why does Apex have governor limits and how do you avoid hitting them?' Bulkification: never put SOQL inside a for loop: always query outside and process inside. This is the single most common bug pattern asked about in India. Triggers: before vs after triggers, when to use each. Best practice: one trigger per object, dispatch to handler class. Common question: 'Why should you avoid business logic inside a trigger?' Batch Apex: for processing large data volumes beyond transaction limits: Database.Batchable interface, execute(), start(), finish() methods.

LWC replaced Aura Components as the modern Salesforce UI framework and is tested in most developer interviews.

Component lifecycle: connectedCallback, disconnectedCallback, renderedCallback: similar to React's useEffect. Decorators: @api (public property), @track (reactive private property: now mostly unnecessary since primitive tracking), @wire (bind to Salesforce data/adapter). Wire service: fetching Salesforce data in LWC using @wire: getRecord, getRelatedListRecords. Common question: 'What is the difference between @api and @track?' Parent-child communication: @api properties pass data down; custom events (dispatchEvent) send data up. This is the same unidirectional flow as React.

SOQL (Salesforce Object Query Language) is tested at all experience levels.

SOQL basics: SELECT Id, Name FROM Account WHERE Industry = 'Technology': similar to SQL but with different JOIN syntax (relationship queries). Relationship queries: SELECT Id, (SELECT Id, Name FROM Contacts) FROM Account: query parent and child objects together. SOQL limits: 100 SOQL queries per transaction: know how to use Map<Id, SObject> to batch queries. Integration patterns: REST API (most common), SOAP API (legacy enterprise), Platform Events (event-driven, pub/sub), Outbound Messages. Common question: 'How would you integrate Salesforce with an external payment system like Razorpay?': REST callout from Apex, named credential for auth.

Certifications are more valued in Salesforce hiring than in most other tech domains in India.

Entry certifications: Salesforce Certified Administrator (Admin 201) and Salesforce Platform Developer I (PDI) are the standard starting point. Intermediate: Platform Developer II (PDII), Sales Cloud Consultant, Service Cloud Consultant. Advanced: Application Architect, System Architect, CTA (only ~300 globally: extremely rare in India). Salary ranges: Salesforce Admin (1–3 years): ₹6–14 LPA. Salesforce Developer (2–5 years): ₹14–30 LPA. Salesforce Architect (5+ years): ₹35–70 LPA. Salesforce CTA: ₹80 LPA–1.5 Cr. The platform's proprietary nature creates a captive talent market: once Salesforce-certified, salaries grow faster than general IT roles.