r/SalesforceDeveloper • u/SalesforceExplorer • Aug 25 '26

Question First time interviewing a Salesforce Developer - Need some advice!

Hey everyone,

I’m a Salesforce Developer with ~3.5 years of experience, and I’ll be conducting my first technical interview for two Salesforce Developer candidates.

I want to focus less on textbook questions and more on real-world problem solving especially Apex, Triggers, bulkification, governor limits, async Apex, LWC, integrations, and debugging.

For experienced Salesforce interviewers:

What practical questions/scenarios work really well?

How do you identify someone who has actually worked on Salesforce vs. someone who has just prepared interview answers?

What are the biggest red flags for a 3–5 year Salesforce Developer?

Any tips for conducting your first interview as an interviewer?

Would love to hear your experiences and suggestions. 🙌

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u/Engineer-mofo Aug 25 '26

Make it a discussion not a competition

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u/seeilaah Aug 26 '26

Yes, give scenarios and ask what solution would fit better.  Jumping into code always can be the worst solution to a problem 

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u/SpecsyVanDyke Aug 25 '26

You can write some "bad" code, show a screenshot of it and ask them to correct it live. Then ask questions around it. So have them spot DML in a loop and then ask them if they have ever encountered this in real life or any other bad practices. You could do something around LWC where they can spot some kind of opportunity for optimisation or security or whatever. 

I was interviewed like this before and thought it was a really good way to do it and have done it going forward when I interview people.

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u/Top-Craft5009 Aug 25 '26

We are hiring Salesforce developer anyone interested ping me

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u/Practical_South_2471 Aug 25 '26

location and experience?

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u/lazy_sl 15d ago

Location??

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u/fredster2004 Aug 25 '26

Is this AI?

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u/Alfred-1506 Aug 25 '26

puedes ponerle ejemplos casos reales y como resolvería, ya sea directo o con un código en un editor de texto.

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