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Salesforce Deployment Interview Questions check how safely you move data and changes, connect other systems and use new AI features. This is Part 8 of our 25-part series, with questions on data loads, data quality, sandboxes, releases, integrations, Agentforce and Data 360.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Part 7<\/a>, we covered reports and page design. These topics often decide experienced interviews, because mistakes here affect the whole company. For real situations, also see our deployment scenario questions<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

First, learn the safe path for every change: build in a sandbox, test, deploy, then check in production. Next, learn the data tools and their limits. Then cover integrations and AI at a high level. Our sandboxes guide<\/a> is a good place to start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How Salesforce Deployment Interview Questions follow a change: build, test, deploy, then check in production.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Data Import Wizard compared with Data Loader in Salesforce Deployment Interview Questions.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Salesforce Deployment Interview Questions on Data Import Tools<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Study with Data Loader and Import Wizard<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. What is the Data Import Wizard?<\/li>\n\n
  2. What is Data Loader?<\/li>\n\n
  3. Explain the difference between them.<\/li>\n\n
  4. How many records can each tool handle?<\/li>\n\n
  5. Which objects does the Data Import Wizard support?<\/li>\n\n
  6. What is insert, update, upsert and delete in Data Loader?<\/li>\n\n
  7. What is the Bulk API option?<\/li>\n\n
  8. Explain the difference between Export and Export All.<\/li>\n\n
  9. How do you check and fix errors after a load?<\/li>\n\n
  10. What is a hard delete?<\/li>\n\n
  11. What is a mapping file in Data Loader?<\/li>\n\n
  12. Define batch size in Data Loader.<\/li>\n\n
  13. What is the command-line Data Loader?<\/li>\n\n
  14. What is dataloader.io, at a high level?<\/li>\n\n
  15. How do you load data into a picklist field safely?<\/li>\n\n
  16. Scenario: you must update one field on 80,000 records. Which tool and steps?<\/li>\n\n
  17. Scenario: a load fails for 300 rows with “required field missing”. What do you do?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Data Migration Questions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Study with Data Migration<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    1. In what order do you load related objects?<\/li>\n\n
    2. Why do you need external IDs in a migration?<\/li>\n\n
    3. How do you keep created dates from the old system?<\/li>\n\n
    4. How do you keep the original record owners?<\/li>\n\n
    5. Should automation run during a big load?<\/li>\n\n
    6. How do you test a migration?<\/li>\n\n
    7. What is a data cleansing step before migration?<\/li>\n\n
    8. What is a cutover plan?<\/li>\n\n
    9. How do you check record counts after a migration?<\/li>\n\n
    10. What is a migration rollback plan?<\/li>\n\n
    11. What is a pilot load?<\/li>\n\n
    12. Scenario: you must load 200,000 contacts linked to accounts. Describe your plan.<\/li>\n\n
    13. Scenario: after a load, many contacts have no account. What went wrong?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Salesforce Deployment Interview Questions on Data Quality and Storage<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

      Study with Duplicate Rules<\/a> and Data Management<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      1. What are duplicate rules and matching rules?<\/li>\n\n
      2. How do you merge duplicates?<\/li>\n\n
      3. What is the Recycle Bin, and how long does it keep records?<\/li>\n\n
      4. What is Data Export Service?<\/li>\n\n
      5. How do you mass delete records?<\/li>\n\n
      6. How do you mass transfer records?<\/li>\n\n
      7. What is data skew?<\/li>\n\n
      8. How do you free up data storage?<\/li>\n\n
      9. What is duplicate management reporting?<\/li>\n\n
      10. What is a matching rule equation?<\/li>\n\n
      11. Define a weekly export file.<\/li>\n\n
      12. What are data storage and file storage?<\/li>\n\n
      13. What is archiving?<\/li>\n\n
      14. Scenario: users keep creating duplicate accounts. What do you do?<\/li>\n\n
      15. Scenario: a user deleted 300 records by mistake 20 days ago. Can you get them back?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

        Sandboxes Questions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

        Study with Sandboxes and Change Sets<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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        1. What is a sandbox?<\/li>\n\n
        2. What sandbox types exist?<\/li>\n\n
        3. How often can you refresh each type?<\/li>\n\n
        4. What does each type copy?<\/li>\n\n
        5. What is a sandbox template?<\/li>\n\n
        6. Briefly, what happens to user emails in a refreshed sandbox?<\/li>\n\n
        7. What is a preview sandbox?<\/li>\n\n
        8. Why mask data in sandboxes?<\/li>\n\n
        9. What is a sandbox clone?<\/li>\n\n
        10. What is post-copy automation, at a high level?<\/li>\n\n
        11. How do you give a tester sandbox access?<\/li>\n\n
        12. What is a scratch org, at a high level?<\/li>\n\n
        13. Scenario: a refreshed Full sandbox sent emails to real customers. How do you prevent this?<\/li>\n\n
        14. Scenario: testers need 500 realistic records in a Developer sandbox. How do you get them?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

          Salesforce Deployment Interview Questions on Change Sets and DevOps Center<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

          Study with DevOps Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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          1. What is a change set?<\/li>\n\n
          2. What is an outbound and an inbound change set?<\/li>\n\n
          3. Define a deployment connection.<\/li>\n\n
          4. What cannot be deployed with change sets?<\/li>\n\n
          5. Can you deploy deletions with a change set?<\/li>\n\n
          6. What is DevOps Center?<\/li>\n\n
          7. What is a work item?<\/li>\n\n
          8. Define a pipeline stage.<\/li>\n\n
          9. Why does DevOps Center use source control?<\/li>\n\n
          10. What is a deployment validation?<\/li>\n\n
          11. What is a quick deploy?<\/li>\n\n
          12. Define a deployment status page.<\/li>\n\n
          13. What is a destructive change, at a high level?<\/li>\n\n
          14. What tests run during a deployment?<\/li>\n\n
          15. Define an unmanaged package used for in deployment.<\/li>\n\n
          16. What is the Metadata API, at a high level?<\/li>\n\n
          17. What is Salesforce CLI, at a high level?<\/li>\n\n
          18. Scenario: you must deploy ten new fields and a flow to production. What is your process?<\/li>\n\n
          19. Scenario: a deployment fails on a missing field. How do you fix it?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

            Releases and AppExchange Questions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

            Study with Release Updates<\/a> and AppExchange<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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            1. What are release updates?<\/li>\n\n
            2. How do you test a new release before it reaches production?<\/li>\n\n
            3. What is the difference between managed and unmanaged packages?<\/li>\n\n
            4. How do you check if an AppExchange app is safe?<\/li>\n\n
            5. Can you edit the code of a managed package?<\/li>\n\n
            6. How do you uninstall a package?<\/li>\n\n
            7. What is a release note?<\/li>\n\n
            8. What is the Release Updates page?<\/li>\n\n
            9. Define a package version.<\/li>\n\n
            10. What is a security review for an AppExchange app?<\/li>\n\n
            11. What is a package license?<\/li>\n\n
            12. Scenario: an installed app stops working after a release. What do you check?<\/li>\n\n
            13. Scenario: a release update will change login behavior next month. How do you prepare users?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

              Salesforce Deployment Interview Questions on Integrations and APIs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

              Study with External Client Apps<\/a> and Salesforce Connect<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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              1. What is an API, in simple words?<\/li>\n\n
              2. What are API limits, and where do you check API usage?<\/li>\n\n
              3. Define an integration user.<\/li>\n\n
              4. What is Salesforce Connect?<\/li>\n\n
              5. What is an external object?<\/li>\n\n
              6. Briefly, what are platform events, at a high level?<\/li>\n\n
              7. What is the difference between pushing and pulling data?<\/li>\n\n
              8. What is REST API vs SOAP API, at a high level?<\/li>\n\n
              9. Briefly, what is a named credential, at a high level?<\/li>\n\n
              10. What is change data capture, at a high level?<\/li>\n\n
              11. What is MuleSoft, at a high level?<\/li>\n\n
              12. Define an outbound message.<\/li>\n\n
              13. What is an integration pattern?<\/li>\n\n
              14. What is a webhook, at a high level?<\/li>\n\n
              15. How do you monitor failed integrations?<\/li>\n\n
              16. Scenario: an integration hits its daily API limit. What do you check?<\/li>\n\n
              17. Scenario: the ERP system must show order data in Salesforce without copying it. What do you use?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                Agentforce and AI Questions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

                Study with Agentforce for Admins<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                1. What is Agentforce?<\/li>\n\n
                2. What are topics, instructions and actions in an agent?<\/li>\n\n
                3. Define Agent Builder.<\/li>\n\n
                4. What is the Einstein Trust Layer?<\/li>\n\n
                5. How do you test an agent before you activate it?<\/li>\n\n
                6. How do agents respect user permissions?<\/li>\n\n
                7. What is a prompt template?<\/li>\n\n
                8. What is Einstein Copilot, and what is it called now?<\/li>\n\n
                9. Define grounding in AI.<\/li>\n\n
                10. What is an agent action that calls a flow?<\/li>\n\n
                11. What data does an agent use?<\/li>\n\n
                12. How do you monitor agent conversations?<\/li>\n\n
                13. What is an agent topic classification?<\/li>\n\n
                14. What is an agent guardrail?<\/li>\n\n
                15. Briefly, what is Agentforce testing center, at a high level?<\/li>\n\n
                16. Scenario: leadership wants an AI agent to answer order questions on the website. What do you check first?<\/li>\n\n
                17. Scenario: an agent gives wrong answers about fees. How do you fix it?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                  Salesforce Deployment Interview Questions on Data 360 and Global Features<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

                  Study with Data 360<\/a> and Translation and Multi-Currency<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                  1. What is Data 360 used for?<\/li>\n\n
                  2. What was Data 360 called before?<\/li>\n\n
                  3. Define identity resolution.<\/li>\n\n
                  4. What is Translation Workbench?<\/li>\n\n
                  5. What is multi-currency?<\/li>\n\n
                  6. Can you turn off multi-currency?<\/li>\n\n
                  7. What is advanced currency management?<\/li>\n\n
                  8. What is a data stream in Data 360?<\/li>\n\n
                  9. Define a segment.<\/li>\n\n
                  10. What is a calculated insight?<\/li>\n\n
                  11. What is a dated exchange rate?<\/li>\n\n
                  12. Define a translation file export.<\/li>\n\n
                  13. What is a data model object in Data 360?<\/li>\n\n
                  14. What is activation in Data 360?<\/li>\n\n
                  15. Scenario: the company opens an office in Germany. What do you change for language and currency?<\/li>\n\n
                  16. Scenario: marketing wants one customer profile from web, app and CRM data. What do you suggest?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

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

                    Are deployment questions only for experienced roles?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

                    Mostly. Freshers should still know sandboxes, change sets and the basic data tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                    How much AI should I know as an admin?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

                    Know what Agentforce does, how admins set topics and actions, and how the Trust Layer protects data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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