Software Engineer and Salesforce Developer Interview Questions and Answers

Lookup relationship is loosely coupled while master-detail relationship is tightly coupled in Salesforce.

• Lookup relationship does not impact the deletion of related records, while master-detail relationship does.

• In lookup relationship, child records do not inherit the security and sharing settings of the parent record, while in master-detail relationship they do.

• Lookup relationship can be set to optional, while master-detail relationship is always required.

• An example of looku...read more

A trigger is a piece of code that is executed before or after specific events occur in Salesforce.

• Triggers are used to perform custom actions like updating related records or sending email notifications.

• Events in Salesforce that can trigger a trigger include before insert, before update, after insert, after update, etc.

• Triggers are written in Apex programming language and are associated with specific objects in Salesforce.

• Triggers can be used to enforce business rules, automa...read more

Yes, we can call future method from batch Apex.

• Future methods can be called from batch Apex to perform asynchronous processing.

• This can be useful for offloading long-running tasks to future methods to avoid hitting governor limits.

• Example: Calling a future method to update records in Salesforce after processing them in a batch job.

Aura bundles are containers for organizing related resources in a Lightning component.

• There are three types of bundles in Aura components: Component Bundle, Application Bundle, and Event Bundle.

• Component Bundle contains the markup, controller, helper, style, and documentation for a single component.

• Application Bundle contains the markup, controller, helper, style, and documentation for an application.

• Event Bundle contains the event definition and handler for custom events in ...read more

Apex is a strongly typed, object-oriented programming language used in Salesforce for creating custom business logic.

• Apex is similar to Java and C# in syntax and structure

• It allows developers to add custom code to Salesforce applications

• Used for writing triggers, controllers, and batch processes

• Can interact with Salesforce database using SOQL and DML statements

Salesforce security model ensures data protection through various layers of security features.

• Salesforce uses a role hierarchy to control access to data based on user roles.

• Permissions and sharing settings determine what data users can access.

• Field-level security restricts access to specific fields on objects.

• Profiles and permission sets define user permissions and access levels.

• Salesforce also offers encryption options to protect data at rest and in transit.