Salesforce Architect interview questions
100 live · 23 easy · 43 medium · 34 hard
Top 10 must-know
CuratedThe 10 questions every Salesforce Architect candidate should be able to answer cold. Mix of difficulties.
- 1What does a Salesforce Architect do, and how is it different from a Consultant or Developer?easy
- 2What are the Salesforce CTA domains?easy
- 3What's the difference between Solution Architect and Technical Architect?easy
- 4What is an Architecture Decision Record (ADR) and how do you use it?easy
- 5How do you architect a Salesforce solution for scale?medium
- 6From an architect perspective, when do you choose Apex vs Flow vs declarative tools?medium
- 7Walk me through architecting an enterprise multi-org Salesforce program.hard
- 8Walk me through a CTA-style multi-domain Salesforce solution architecture.hard
- 9How do you architect security across all layers in Salesforce?medium
- 10What habits separate junior architects from senior ones?hard
All 100 questions
easy
- What does a Salesforce Architect do, and how is it different from a Consultant or Developer?
- What are the Salesforce CTA domains?
- What's the difference between Solution Architect and Technical Architect?
- What is a Reference Architecture and why do organizations use them?
- What is an Architecture Decision Record (ADR) and how do you use it?
- What is an Architecture Review Board (ARB) and how do you run one?
- What are non-functional requirements and why do architects care more about them than functional ones?
- How is the Salesforce platform different from generic PaaS like Heroku or AWS?
- What's a recommended trigger framework pattern at architect level?
- What are common LWC architecture patterns?
- How do you use Custom Metadata Types as an architecture pattern?
- What's an architect-level Apex code review checklist?
- What's a comprehensive testing strategy at architect level?
- How do you govern DevOps practices across multiple Salesforce teams?
- How is Salesforce architecture different for B2B vs B2C?
- How do you architect for mobile in Salesforce?
- What patterns exist for AI integration on Salesforce?
- How do you manage vendor relationships as a Salesforce architect?
- How do you do capacity planning for Salesforce?
- How do you optimize Salesforce costs at architect level?
- How does Salesforce compare with AWS / Azure / GCP from architecture perspective?
- How do you architect for long-term sustainability (years to decades)?
- How do you manage an architecture team day-to-day?
medium
- How do you architect a Salesforce solution for scale?
- How do you manage technical debt in a Salesforce org?
- How do you do a Technical Discovery (vs business Discovery)?
- How do you architect for resilience and graceful degradation?
- How do you architect for multi-region (global) Salesforce deployments?
- How do you make a build-vs-buy decision at architect level?
- How do you architect data flow across multiple systems?
- How do you handle architectural disagreement with stakeholders or other architects?
- From an architect perspective, when do you choose Apex vs Flow vs declarative tools?
- How do you balance new feature development with platform health?
- How do you architect CI/CD for a Salesforce project?
- How do you architect logging and monitoring for a Salesforce org?
- How do you architect caching in Salesforce?
- How do you architect event-driven systems on Salesforce?
- When does Mulesoft beat custom integration code?
- What's a systematic approach to performance tuning a slow Salesforce org?
- How do you architect security across all layers in Salesforce?
- How do you architect encryption (Shield, masking, in-transit) in Salesforce?
- When do you use Heroku Connect vs Salesforce Connect?
- How do you architect Lightning pages for performance?
- What are advanced LWC composition patterns?
- When do you use OmniStudio (FlexCards, OmniScripts, Integration Procedures) vs standard Salesforce?
- How do you architect documentation for a Salesforce program?
- How do you build and grow an architecture team?
- How do you architect Salesforce for an M&A scenario?
- How do you architect risk management for a Salesforce program?
- How do you architect disaster recovery for Salesforce?
- Walk me through architecting a complex data migration to Salesforce.
- How do you architect Industries Cloud (e.g., Financial Services, Health) implementations?
- How do you architect a Salesforce modernization program (vs greenfield)?
- How do you architect a comprehensive data strategy?
- How do you architect for innovation (new features, AI, experimentation)?
- How do you architect Sales + Service + Marketing + Field Service together?
- When does Salesforce serve as a platform (PaaS) vs CRM application?
- How do you architect for deprecated Salesforce features?
- How do you architect Mulesoft as the integration backbone?
- How does Data Cloud fit into a Salesforce architecture?
- How do you architect IoT integration with Salesforce?
- How do you architect cyber security incident response for Salesforce?
- How do you architect multi-region active-active for Salesforce?
- How do you architect for data residency requirements?
- How do you architect developer tooling for Salesforce?
- How do you architect communication channels for an architecture program?
hard
- Walk me through architecting an enterprise multi-org Salesforce program.
- How do you architect a sub-second latency integration between Salesforce and an external system?
- How do you architect Salesforce for billions of records?
- How do you architect Agentforce / Einstein AI for production use?
- Walk me through a CTA-style multi-domain Salesforce solution architecture.
- How do you architect graceful degradation when external systems fail?
- How do you architect a Salesforce solution that survives Salesforce platform changes?
- How do you architect Salesforce for high availability?
- How do you architect a major architectural migration (e.g., Aura -> LWC, monolith -> microservices)?
- How do you architect Salesforce for HIPAA / GDPR / PCI compliance?
- How do you architect a Salesforce + Heroku + AWS hybrid solution?
- How do you handle Salesforce instance / data center moves?
- How do you architect analytics across many systems (Salesforce + ERP + Marketing + Web)?
- How does a Salesforce architect stay current as the platform evolves?
- How do you govern multiple Salesforce orgs (5+) consistently?
- How do you manage senior stakeholders as an architect?
- How do you architect Salesforce Commerce Cloud (B2C / B2B Commerce)?
- How do you architect Salesforce so it survives an organisational acquisition?
- How do you architect Salesforce to evolve with Salesforce's own strategic direction?
- How does Salesforce architecture differ for startups vs enterprises?
- How does an architect collaborate across IT, security, business, and external vendors?
- What habits separate junior architects from senior ones?
- How do you lead Salesforce strategy at the CIO / VP level?
- How do you evaluate / audit an existing Salesforce architecture?
- How do you manage technical debt at architect level — strategically, not just tactically?
- How does Salesforce Trust affect architectural decisions?
- How do you architect data flow between Salesforce, Marketing Cloud Engagement, and Pardot/MCAE?
- When do you choose Apex REST vs Platform Events for system-to-system communication?
- How do you architect Salesforce so you can integrate an acquired company quickly?
- How do you architect Salesforce for public sector / government?
- What's different about architecting for very large enterprises (Fortune 100)?
- How do you build and maintain an architectural roadmap?
- How does a Salesforce architect's role differ from a startup CTO?
- How do you make sure your architectural work survives you leaving the organisation?