Salesforce admin interview questions collected from real interviews (updated Oct 2026). Covers the basic differences every admin must know and scenario based questions on relationships, data loading and automation.
What's Covered
Topics covered in these questions.
01Basic Differences Every Admin Must Know18
02Scenario Based Questions11
All Interview Questions
Every question listed one by one, in a fresh order. Answers are not included, so practise explaining each one in your own words.
Basic Differences Every Admin Must Know
1What is the difference between SOQL and SOSL?
2What are the 2nd and 3rd criteria in workflows?
3What is the difference between WhoId and WhatId?
4What is the difference between the Partner and Enterprise WSDL?
5What is the difference between Profile and Permission Set?
6What are dynamic forms, are they available for standard objects, and what are their limitations?
7What is the difference between Workflow and Process Builder?
8What is the difference between Profile and Role, and Role and Role Hierarchy?
9What is the difference between a lookup and a master-detail relationship?
10What is the difference between a dashboard and a dynamic dashboard?
11What is the difference between Dynamic Forms and Page Layout?
12What is the difference between a tab view and a list view?
13What is the difference between future and Queueable?
14What is the difference between a 15-digit and an 18-digit Id?
15What is the difference between isNull and isBlank?
16What is the difference between managed and unmanaged packages?
17What is a Person Account?
18What is the difference between Data Loader and Data Import Wizard?
Scenario Based Questions
19How many lookup and master-detail relationships can an object have?
20You exported Account, Opportunity and Contact data to Excel from one org. Which tool do you use to load it into another org, and how do you avoid errors?
21What is the advantage of using a managed package?
22Why do we use an Apex class, and what are the requirements that need one?
23What is the difference between Sales Cloud and Service Cloud?
24What is the advantage of workflow, process builder or flow over each other?
25Why do we need Profiles, and how are permission sets helpful?
26With items, add items and cart objects in an Amazon-style app, what relationships apply and how do you calculate the cart total? Is there a junction object? If a cart item is deleted, is the item deleted?
27When would you suggest a page layout or record type to a client, and why can't it be done with profiles and roles?
28In how many ways can we make a field required?
29What is authentication and authorization?
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