Salesforce CRM Software Engineer Mock Interview

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If hired here at Salesforce, what portion of your day would you spend coding, and what are the other activities you would perform when not coding?

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As with any software engineering job, not all of the day is spent coding. The same is true for working at Salesforce. The reason the interviewer will ask this operational question is to understand how you go about doing your job on a day-to-day basis. Operational questions will ask you about the processes you use to accomplish the tasks required by this position. The best way to answer operational questions is directly and briefly. The interviewer will ask you a follow-up question if they need more information or want to explore the topic in more detail.

William Swansen

"During a normal day, I spend about 60% of my time writing code. The remainder of the day is spent reviewing my work, meeting with my manager, collaborating with other coders on my team, and learning new coding technologies and methodologies."

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25Salesforce CRM Interview Questions & Answers

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1.If hired here at Salesforce, what portion of your day would you spend coding, and what are the other activities you would perform when not coding?

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2.Here at Salesforce, we take pride in the expertise of our employees. In your opinion, what distinguishes a great software engineer from an average one?

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3.What do you look for or check when reviewing another team member's code?

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4.What do you feel are the critical principles of good software engineering? Do you believe we exhibit those principals here at Salesforce?

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5.Walk me through your process for designing scalable applications.

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6.Describe the process you use to create a program, from requirements definition to delivery.

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7.How do you go about addressing errors in your code?

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8.Can you describe the complete software development life cycle here at Salesforce?

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9.Here at Salesforce, we are heavily invested in the Agile methodology. How experienced are you with the Agile software development process?

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10.Please describe responsive design and the difference between fixed and fluid layouts.

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11.What are the differences between an array and a stack?

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12.Please describe a stack and the two operations it performs.

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13.Are you aware of the processes we use here at Salesforce to test and find bugs in an application? Do you use simialr processes, or are your's different?

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14.How would you implement Dijkstra's Shortest Path using a programming language with which you are familiar?

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15.Can you describe how you would implement linear search in JavaScript?

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16.What are the differences between blocking and non-blocking calls in the context of Node.js?

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17.Since some components of Salesforce CRM are created in HTML5, can you describe the functions of web workers in HTML5?

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18.How do you go about organizing CSS files, and why do you prefer this approach?

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19.Walk me through the steps to build a single page application with multiple sections using the programming framework in which you typically work.

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20.Here at Salesforce we use black box testing and white box testing when verifying the securtiy of our products. Can you define and discuss the differences between these?

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21.How would you accelerate the response time of a website you created?

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22.Which do you prefer - a micro-service approach or a monolithic app?

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23.Can you describe a tough software development problem you encountered in your last job and discuss how you solved it? Do you anticipate running into similar issues here at Salesforce?

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24.What personal software development projects have you worked on outside of work?

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Salesforce CRM Software Engineer Mock Interview

If hired here at Salesforce, what portion of your day would you spend coding, and what are the other activities you would perform when not coding?

25Salesforce CRM Interview Questions & Answers

1.If hired here at Salesforce, what portion of your day would you spend coding, and what are the other activities you would perform when not coding?

2.Here at Salesforce, we take pride in the expertise of our employees. In your opinion, what distinguishes a great software engineer from an average one?

3.What do you look for or check when reviewing another team member's code?

4.What do you feel are the critical principles of good software engineering? Do you believe we exhibit those principals here at Salesforce?

5.Walk me through your process for designing scalable applications.

6.Describe the process you use to create a program, from requirements definition to delivery.

7.How do you go about addressing errors in your code?

8.Can you describe the complete software development life cycle here at Salesforce?

9.Here at Salesforce, we are heavily invested in the Agile methodology. How experienced are you with the Agile software development process?

10.Please describe responsive design and the difference between fixed and fluid layouts.

11.What are the differences between an array and a stack?

12.Please describe a stack and the two operations it performs.

13.Are you aware of the processes we use here at Salesforce to test and find bugs in an application? Do you use simialr processes, or are your's different?

14.How would you implement Dijkstra's Shortest Path using a programming language with which you are familiar?

15.Can you describe how you would implement linear search in JavaScript?

16.What are the differences between blocking and non-blocking calls in the context of Node.js?

17.Since some components of Salesforce CRM are created in HTML5, can you describe the functions of web workers in HTML5?

18.How do you go about organizing CSS files, and why do you prefer this approach?

19.Walk me through the steps to build a single page application with multiple sections using the programming framework in which you typically work.

20.Here at Salesforce we use black box testing and white box testing when verifying the securtiy of our products. Can you define and discuss the differences between these?

21.How would you accelerate the response time of a website you created?

22.Which do you prefer - a micro-service approach or a monolithic app?

23.Can you describe a tough software development problem you encountered in your last job and discuss how you solved it? Do you anticipate running into similar issues here at Salesforce?

24.What personal software development projects have you worked on outside of work?

25.How would you go about explaining the Salesforce CRM cloud to someone that doesn't have a technical background?