Salesforce QA / Tester interview questions
100 live · 30 easy · 48 medium · 22 hard
Top 10 must-know
CuratedThe 10 questions every Salesforce QA / Tester candidate should be able to answer cold. Mix of difficulties.
- 1What does a Salesforce QA / Tester do day-to-day?easy
- 2What's the difference between manual and automated testing?easy
- 3Walk me through the bug / defect lifecycle.easy
- 4What is Apex test coverage and why is 75% required?easy
- 5How do you write effective test cases?medium
- 6How do you test an Apex trigger?medium
- 7How do you architect a test automation framework for Salesforce?hard
- 8How do you handle flaky tests?hard
- 9What is shift-left testing and how do you implement it?medium
- 10What's the most important thing a Salesforce QA can do to be effective?hard
All 100 questions
easy
- What does a Salesforce QA / Tester do day-to-day?
- What's the difference between manual and automated testing?
- What's the difference between a test case and a test script?
- What is regression testing and why does it matter?
- What is User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and what is the QA role in it?
- Walk me through the bug / defect lifecycle.
- What is Provar and what does it offer for Salesforce testing?
- What is Apex test coverage and why is 75% required?
- How do you manage test environments for Salesforce?
- How do you do API testing for Salesforce?
- How do you integrate testing into CI/CD?
- What are common mocking patterns in Apex tests?
- How do you architect test reporting?
- What's the difference between smoke, sanity, and exploratory testing?
- How do you test validation rules?
- How do you test an approval process?
- How do you test page layout assignments?
- What is continuous testing?
- How do you test Omni-Channel routing?
- How do you test Experience Cloud (Communities)?
- How do you test a data migration?
- How do you test a Lightning Record Page?
- How do you test Einstein features (lead scoring, opportunity insights)?
- How do you test cross-org integrations (multi-org Salesforce)?
- How do you continuously improve QA processes?
- What is visual regression testing?
- How do you test Field Service Mobile?
- How do you test Marketing Cloud Engagement (MCE)?
- How do you test Pardot / Marketing Cloud Account Engagement?
- How do you test Salesforce CPQ?
medium
- How do you write effective test cases?
- How do you test an Apex trigger?
- How do you test a Lightning Web Component?
- How do you test Salesforce Flows?
- How do you manage test data for Salesforce testing?
- How do you test integrations between Salesforce and external systems?
- How does Apex test data isolation work?
- How do you test something that depends on Salesforce's Order of Execution?
- How do you test sharing rules and permissions?
- How do you test compliance requirements (GDPR, HIPAA, PCI)?
- How do you do accessibility testing?
- How do you test localization (multi-language, multi-currency)?
- How do you test code that depends on shared org-wide data (e.g., user settings, custom metadata)?
- How do you test asynchronous Apex (@future, Queueable, Batch)?
- How do you identify edge cases for testing?
- How does Salesforce DX change testing practices?
- What is risk-based testing and how do you apply it?
- How does Salesforce testing differ for industry verticals (Health, Financial, Public Sector)?
- How does QA collaborate effectively with developers?
- When do you decide to stop testing?
- How do you anonymise production data for non-production use?
- Walk me through the test pyramid for Salesforce.
- How do you test Salesforce platform releases (Spring, Summer, Winter)?
- What QA metrics and KPIs matter at architect level?
- How do you build a Salesforce QA team?
- How do you architect a sandbox strategy for testing?
- What goes in a Test Strategy document?
- What are TDD and BDD and when do you apply them in Salesforce?
- How do you manage test debt?
- Walk me through testing a large new feature.
- How does QA work in agile / Scrum?
- How do you manage test flakiness organisationally?
- What's the difference between load and stress testing?
- How do you test permissions and permission sets?
- What's the role of a QA leader?
- What's the ROI of investing in QA?
- Comparison of Salesforce test automation tools — Provar, Tosca, Selenium, Cypress?
- What is shift-left testing and how do you implement it?
- How do you test Salesforce Data Cloud?
- How does a QA test without strong dev support?
- How do you test Salesforce search?
- How do you test an installed AppExchange managed package?
- How does QA handoff to managed services / ongoing support?
- How does release frequency affect QA strategy?
- How do you test Salesforce Shield features (encryption, monitoring, audit trail)?
- How do you handle QA for emergency hotfixes?
- What's the right QA team composition for a Salesforce program?
- How do you test a complex cross-cloud workflow?
hard
- How do you architect a test automation framework for Salesforce?
- How would you test a complex sharing model in Salesforce?
- Walk me through testing a major Salesforce release.
- How do you handle flaky tests?
- How do you do performance and load testing for Salesforce?
- How do you do security and penetration testing for Salesforce?
- How do you test Salesforce Mobile?
- How do you test AI / Agentforce features?
- How does QA handle Salesforce in M&A?
- How does QA strategy differ for startups vs enterprises?
- Walk me through making a release readiness decision.
- How do you architect a comprehensive QA system?
- What habits separate junior QAs from senior ones?
- How do you modernize a legacy QA function?
- How does QA contribute to architecture review?
- How does QA manage senior stakeholder relationships?
- How do you select and manage QA tools and licensing?
- How do you measure quality outcomes (not just process metrics)?
- How do you architect an enterprise QA program?
- Should QA focus on preventing or detecting defects?
- What's the career progression for a Salesforce QA?
- What's the most important thing a Salesforce QA can do to be effective?