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Salesforce CRM Interview Questions check how well you set up Sales Cloud, the app that sales teams use every day to manage leads, accounts, deals and forecasts. This is Part 4 of our 25-part series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Part 3<\/a>, we covered the data model. Most admin jobs support a sales team, so expect several of these questions. For real situations, also see our Sales and Service scenario questions<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to Use These Salesforce CRM Interview Questions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

First, follow the customer: lead, account, contact, opportunity, quote and forecast. Next, learn which setup screen controls each step. Then practise the scenarios aloud and name the exact feature you would use. Finally, tie every answer to a business result, such as faster follow-up or a better forecast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Salesforce<\/a>
How Salesforce CRM Interview Questions follow a sale: lead, account, opportunity, quote, then forecast.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Salesforce CRM Interview Questions on Leads<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Study with Lead Management<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. What is a lead?<\/li>\n\n
  2. What are lead statuses?<\/li>\n\n
  3. Define Web-to-Lead.<\/li>\n\n
  4. What is the daily limit for Web-to-Lead?<\/li>\n\n
  5. What are lead assignment rules?<\/li>\n\n
  6. How many lead assignment rules can be active at once?<\/li>\n\n
  7. What is a lead queue?<\/li>\n\n
  8. What is lead auto-response?<\/li>\n\n
  9. How do you stop spam from a Web-to-Lead form?<\/li>\n\n
  10. What are lead duplicate rules?<\/li>\n\n
  11. What is lead source, and why does it matter?<\/li>\n\n
  12. Define a lead score.<\/li>\n\n
  13. How do you mass update lead status?<\/li>\n\n
  14. What is the difference between a lead and a contact?<\/li>\n\n
  15. Can a lead be owned by a queue?<\/li>\n\n
  16. What is a lead process?<\/li>\n\n
  17. What are web-to-lead hidden fields?<\/li>\n\n
  18. How do you capture UTM source on leads?<\/li>\n\n
  19. Scenario: website leads from Pune must go to the Pune sales team. How do you route them?<\/li>\n\n
  20. Scenario: leads sit untouched for days. How do you alert the team?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Lead Conversion Questions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Study with Lead Conversion<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    1. What happens when you convert a lead?<\/li>\n\n
    2. Can you convert a lead without an opportunity?<\/li>\n\n
    3. What is lead field mapping?<\/li>\n\n
    4. Can you map custom fields?<\/li>\n\n
    5. Can you map a formula field?<\/li>\n\n
    6. What happens to a lead after conversion?<\/li>\n\n
    7. Can you undo a lead conversion?<\/li>\n\n
    8. What is the converted lead status?<\/li>\n\n
    9. What is the Convert button permission?<\/li>\n\n
    10. How do you require a field before conversion?<\/li>\n\n
    11. What happens to lead activities after conversion?<\/li>\n\n
    12. What happens to campaign history after conversion?<\/li>\n\n
    13. Scenario: a custom field on Lead must carry over to the opportunity. What do you do?<\/li>\n\n
    14. Scenario: the lead company already exists as an account. What happens on conversion?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Salesforce CRM Interview Questions on Campaigns<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

      Study with Campaigns<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      1. What is a campaign?<\/li>\n\n
      2. What are campaign members?<\/li>\n\n
      3. Describe campaign member statuses.<\/li>\n\n
      4. What is a campaign hierarchy?<\/li>\n\n
      5. What is campaign influence?<\/li>\n\n
      6. How do you add many contacts to a campaign?<\/li>\n\n
      7. Which fields show campaign results?<\/li>\n\n
      8. Who can create campaigns?<\/li>\n\n
      9. What is a campaign type?<\/li>\n\n
      10. How do you report on campaign ROI?<\/li>\n\n
      11. What is the Marketing User checkbox?<\/li>\n\n
      12. Can a lead and a contact be in the same campaign?<\/li>\n\n
      13. Scenario: marketing wants to know which campaign brought each won deal. What do you set up?<\/li>\n\n
      14. Scenario: event attendees must be marked as “Attended”. How do you do it quickly?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

        Accounts and Contacts Questions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

        Study with Accounts and Contacts<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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        1. What is the difference between an account and a contact?<\/li>\n\n
        2. What is a person account?<\/li>\n\n
        3. Can you turn off person accounts?<\/li>\n\n
        4. What is an account hierarchy?<\/li>\n\n
        5. What are account teams?<\/li>\n\n
        6. Describe contact roles.<\/li>\n\n
        7. Can one contact relate to many accounts?<\/li>\n\n
        8. What is a private contact?<\/li>\n\n
        9. What is account ownership, and why does it matter?<\/li>\n\n
        10. How do you merge duplicate accounts?<\/li>\n\n
        11. What is the Account Name field type on a contact?<\/li>\n\n
        12. What is a parent account field?<\/li>\n\n
        13. Define account ownership transfer.<\/li>\n\n
        14. What happens to contacts when an account is deleted?<\/li>\n\n
        15. What are account record types used for?<\/li>\n\n
        16. Scenario: a school group has 40 branches. How do you show them?<\/li>\n\n
        17. Scenario: a teacher works for two schools. How do you record it?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

          Salesforce CRM Interview Questions on Opportunities and Sales Process<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

          Study with Opportunities<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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          1. What is an opportunity?<\/li>\n\n
          2. What are opportunity stages?<\/li>\n\n
          3. Define a sales process.<\/li>\n\n
          4. How does a sales process link to a record type?<\/li>\n\n
          5. What is Path, and what is guidance for success?<\/li>\n\n
          6. What are forecast categories?<\/li>\n\n
          7. Define the probability field.<\/li>\n\n
          8. What are opportunity teams?<\/li>\n\n
          9. What are opportunity splits?<\/li>\n\n
          10. Define opportunity field history.<\/li>\n\n
          11. What is Big Deal Alert?<\/li>\n\n
          12. How do you stop reps from skipping stages?<\/li>\n\n
          13. What is the Amount field, and how is it calculated with products?<\/li>\n\n
          14. What is the Close Date used for?<\/li>\n\n
          15. Define opportunity history.<\/li>\n\n
          16. What is a closed won stage?<\/li>\n\n
          17. Can you reopen a closed opportunity?<\/li>\n\n
          18. What is an opportunity contact role?<\/li>\n\n
          19. What is a stage history report?<\/li>\n\n
          20. Define opportunity product schedule revenue.<\/li>\n\n
          21. What is a pipeline inspection view?<\/li>\n\n
          22. What is a sales path key field?<\/li>\n\n
          23. Scenario: two reps share credit for one big deal. What do you enable?<\/li>\n\n
          24. Scenario: managers want to see why deals are lost. What do you add?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
            \"Salesforce<\/a>
            Opportunity products compared with quotes in Salesforce CRM Interview Questions.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

            Products, Price Books and Quotes Questions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

            Study with Products and Price Books<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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            1. What is a product?<\/li>\n\n
            2. What is a price book?<\/li>\n\n
            3. Define the standard price book.<\/li>\n\n
            4. What is a price book entry?<\/li>\n\n
            5. Can an opportunity use two price books?<\/li>\n\n
            6. What are opportunity products?<\/li>\n\n
            7. What is a quote?<\/li>\n\n
            8. Briefly, what does quote sync do?<\/li>\n\n
            9. How do you create a quote PDF?<\/li>\n\n
            10. What are product schedules?<\/li>\n\n
            11. What is list price vs sales price?<\/li>\n\n
            12. Define a product family.<\/li>\n\n
            13. Can a product be inactive?<\/li>\n\n
            14. How do you add products to many price books?<\/li>\n\n
            15. What is a quote line item?<\/li>\n\n
            16. Can you email a quote from Salesforce?<\/li>\n\n
            17. What is a quote template?<\/li>\n\n
            18. Can you sync more than one quote at a time?<\/li>\n\n
            19. What happens to products when you change the price book?<\/li>\n\n
            20. Scenario: schools get a 15% discount on every product. How do you set prices?<\/li>\n\n
            21. Scenario: a deal is paid in 12 monthly installments. How do you show the revenue?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

              Salesforce CRM Interview Questions on Contracts and Orders<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

              Study with Contracts and Orders<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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              1. What is a contract?<\/li>\n\n
              2. What are contract statuses?<\/li>\n\n
              3. Define an order.<\/li>\n\n
              4. How is an order different from an opportunity?<\/li>\n\n
              5. Can an order exist without a contract?<\/li>\n\n
              6. What is order activation?<\/li>\n\n
              7. What is the contract end date used for?<\/li>\n\n
              8. Define an order product.<\/li>\n\n
              9. Can you reduce an order after activation?<\/li>\n\n
              10. Scenario: finance wants an alert 60 days before a contract ends. What do you build?<\/li>\n\n
              11. Scenario: sales wants orders to be locked once activated. How does Salesforce handle it?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                Forecasting and Territories Questions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

                Study with Forecasting<\/a> and Territory Management<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                1. What is collaborative forecasting?<\/li>\n\n
                2. What is a forecast type?<\/li>\n\n
                3. How do quotas work?<\/li>\n\n
                4. Can managers adjust forecasts?<\/li>\n\n
                5. What is a forecast hierarchy?<\/li>\n\n
                6. What is Enterprise Territory Management?<\/li>\n\n
                7. How is a territory hierarchy different from a role hierarchy?<\/li>\n\n
                8. What are territory assignment rules?<\/li>\n\n
                9. What is a territory model?<\/li>\n\n
                10. Define a forecast adjustment.<\/li>\n\n
                11. What is cumulative forecast rollup?<\/li>\n\n
                12. Who can see forecasts?<\/li>\n\n
                13. What is a territory type?<\/li>\n\n
                14. Can one account be in many territories?<\/li>\n\n
                15. What is a forecast date type?<\/li>\n\n
                16. What is a quota upload?<\/li>\n\n
                17. How do territories affect sharing?<\/li>\n\n
                18. Scenario: leadership wants forecasts by product family. What do you set up?<\/li>\n\n
                19. Scenario: accounts must go to reps by city and industry. Which feature do you use?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                  Salesforce CRM Interview Questions on Activities and Email<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

                  Study with Activities<\/a> and Email Templates<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                  1. What is the difference between a task and an event?<\/li>\n\n
                  2. What are WhoId and WhatId on a task?<\/li>\n\n
                  3. Describe recurring tasks.<\/li>\n\n
                  4. How do you log a call?<\/li>\n\n
                  5. What types of email templates can you create?<\/li>\n\n
                  6. How do you connect Gmail or Outlook to Salesforce?<\/li>\n\n
                  7. What is Einstein Activity Capture?<\/li>\n\n
                  8. What is the difference between Files and Attachments?<\/li>\n\n
                  9. Define Chatter used for in sales teams.<\/li>\n\n
                  10. What is a shared activity?<\/li>\n\n
                  11. What is an activity timeline?<\/li>\n\n
                  12. How do you report on activities?<\/li>\n\n
                  13. What are activity reminders?<\/li>\n\n
                  14. What is email relay, at a high level?<\/li>\n\n
                  15. Describe email logs.<\/li>\n\n
                  16. What is the bounce management setting?<\/li>\n\n
                  17. Scenario: managers want to see every email a rep sends to a customer. What do you set up?<\/li>\n\n
                  18. Scenario: reps want to log a call in two clicks from an opportunity. What do you build?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                    Salesforce CRM Interview Questions FAQ<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

                    What if the company does not use Sales Cloud?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

                    Study it anyway at a basic level. Leads, accounts and opportunities exist in almost every org.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                    Do interviewers ask about CPQ?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

                    Sometimes, for senior roles. Know that Salesforce CPQ and Revenue Cloud handle complex pricing, then focus on core quotes here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                    Official Resources<\/h2>\n\n\n\n