Salesforce Developer Test

The Salesforce Developer Test uses scenario-based MCQs to evaluate candidates on their knowledge of Salesforce development, including their proficiency in Apex coding, Visualforce page development, and Salesforce customization. The test aims to evaluate a candidate's ability to work with the Salesforce platform effectively and develop applications that meet customer requirements.

Covered skills:

Apex Programming
Visualforce Pages
Salesforce Lightning
Salesforce Integration
Apex Collections
Batch Apex
Visualforce Input Tags
Visualforce Charts
Workflow Rules and Actions
Salesforce Functions

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About the Salesforce Developer Assessment Test

The Salesforce Developer Test helps recruiters and hiring managers identify qualified candidates from a pool of resumes, and helps in taking objective hiring decisions. It reduces the administrative overhead of interviewing too many candidates and saves time by filtering out unqualified candidates at the first step of the hiring process.

The test screens for the following skills that hiring managers look for in candidates:

Ability to write efficient Apex code
Ability to design and develop Visualforce pages
Proficiency in Salesforce Lightning
Experience in integrating Salesforce with external systems
Knowledge of Apex collections and their usage
Understanding of Batch Apex and how to use it effectively
Familiarity with Visualforce input tags and their functionalities
Ability to create visually appealing charts using Visualforce
Understanding of workflow rules and actions
Proficiency in using Salesforce functions

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We have a very high focus on the quality of questions that test for on-the-job skills. Every question is non-googleable and we have a very high bar for the level of subject matter experts we onboard to create these questions. We have crawlers to check if any of the questions are leaked online. If/ when a question gets leaked, we get an alert. We change the question for you & let you know.

How we design questions

These are just a small sample from our library of 15,000+ questions. The actual questions on this Salesforce Developer Test will be non-googleable.

🧐 Question
Medium Components and Attributes LWC Lwc Lightning Web Components	Solve
Review the following Salesforce Lightning web component- adafaceComponent: Here are two possible JS files for this component: (notice the missing this.setAttribute line in option II) Here are the possible generated html files: (Notice the missing inp attribute in option B) Pick the correct statements:
Medium Modifying lists Apex Apex Code Analysis Variable Size Calculation	Solve
Review the following Salesforce Apex code: What would the values of size1 and size2 be?
Medium Subclasses Apex Type Casting Subtyping Inheritance	Solve
Review the following Apex code: Pick the correct statements: A: Reports.add(a) is legal because CustomReport is a subclass of Report class. CustomReport can be added to a list of Reports. B: Reports.add(a) is an illegal usage. C: CustomReport c = Reports.get(0) is legal because CustomReport is a subclass of Report class. D: CustomReport c = Reports.get(0) is illegal since the compiler does not know that the returning item is a CustomReport. CustomReport c = (CustomReport) Reports.get(0) is legal because casting tells the compiler what is being returned.

	🧐 Question	🔧 Skill
	Medium Components and Attributes LWC Lwc Lightning Web Components	3 mins Salesforce Developer	Solve
Review the following Salesforce Lightning web component- adafaceComponent: Here are two possible JS files for this component: (notice the missing this.setAttribute line in option II) Here are the possible generated html files: (Notice the missing inp attribute in option B) Pick the correct statements:
	Medium Modifying lists Apex Apex Code Analysis Variable Size Calculation	2 mins Salesforce Developer	Solve
Review the following Salesforce Apex code: What would the values of size1 and size2 be?
	Medium Subclasses Apex Type Casting Subtyping Inheritance	2 mins Salesforce Developer	Solve
Review the following Apex code: Pick the correct statements: A: Reports.add(a) is legal because CustomReport is a subclass of Report class. CustomReport can be added to a list of Reports. B: Reports.add(a) is an illegal usage. C: CustomReport c = Reports.get(0) is legal because CustomReport is a subclass of Report class. D: CustomReport c = Reports.get(0) is illegal since the compiler does not know that the returning item is a CustomReport. CustomReport c = (CustomReport) Reports.get(0) is legal because casting tells the compiler what is being returned.

	🧐 Question	🔧 Skill	💪 Difficulty	⌛ Time
	Components and Attributes LWC Lwc Lightning Web Components	Salesforce Developer	Medium	3 mins	Solve
Review the following Salesforce Lightning web component- adafaceComponent: Here are two possible JS files for this component: (notice the missing this.setAttribute line in option II) Here are the possible generated html files: (Notice the missing inp attribute in option B) Pick the correct statements:
	Modifying lists Apex Apex Code Analysis Variable Size Calculation	Salesforce Developer	Medium	2 mins	Solve
Review the following Salesforce Apex code: What would the values of size1 and size2 be?
	Subclasses Apex Type Casting Subtyping Inheritance	Salesforce Developer	Medium	2 mins	Solve
Review the following Apex code: Pick the correct statements: A: Reports.add(a) is legal because CustomReport is a subclass of Report class. CustomReport can be added to a list of Reports. B: Reports.add(a) is an illegal usage. C: CustomReport c = Reports.get(0) is legal because CustomReport is a subclass of Report class. D: CustomReport c = Reports.get(0) is illegal since the compiler does not know that the returning item is a CustomReport. CustomReport c = (CustomReport) Reports.get(0) is legal because casting tells the compiler what is being returned.

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Why you should use Pre-employment Salesforce Developer Test?

The Salesforce Developer Test makes use of scenario-based questions to test for on-the-job skills as opposed to theoretical knowledge, ensuring that candidates who do well on this screening test have the relavant skills. The questions are designed to covered following on-the-job aspects:

Apex Programming
Visualforce Pages
Salesforce Lightning
Salesforce Integration
Apex Collections
Batch Apex
Visualforce Input Tags
Visualforce Charts
Workflow Rules and Actions
Salesforce Functions

Once the test is sent to a candidate, the candidate receives a link in email to take the test. For each candidate, you will receive a detailed report with skills breakdown and benchmarks to shortlist the top candidates from your pool.

What topics are covered in the Salesforce Developer Test?

Apex Programming: Apex Programming is a server-side programming language used to build robust and scalable applications on the Salesforce platform. It allows developers to extend the functionality, automate business processes, and create custom logic in the form of triggers, classes, and controllers.

Visualforce Pages: Visualforce Pages are used to build custom user interfaces in Salesforce. They allow developers to create web pages with standard HTML tags and incorporate dynamic content using the Salesforce-specific markup language. Visualforce Pages enable the presentation of data, capture user input, and interact with the underlying data model.

Salesforce Lightning: Salesforce Lightning is a modern and intuitive user interface framework that enhances the user experience on the Salesforce platform. It provides a component-based architecture for building responsive web applications. With Lightning, developers can create dynamic and interactive interfaces that streamline workflows and boost productivity.

Salesforce Integration: Salesforce Integration involves connecting the Salesforce platform with external systems, applications, and services. It enables the seamless exchange of data and functionality, ensuring that information is synchronized across systems and processes. Integration allows organizations to leverage the power of Salesforce alongside their existing infrastructure, maximizing efficiency and enabling a unified view of data.

Apex Collections: Apex Collections provide a powerful way to store and manipulate sets of data in Salesforce. They include List, Set, and Map objects that enable developers to work with multiple records, unique values, and key-value pairs respectively. Apex Collections allow for efficient data handling, iteration, and data manipulation operations, enhancing the performance and functionality of Apex code.

Batch Apex: Batch Apex allows developers to process large volumes of data in a controlled and asynchronous manner in Salesforce. It enables the execution of operations, such as data manipulation, calculations, or updates, on multiple records in a batch fashion. Batch Apex is essential for efficiently handling bulk data processing and ensuring the system's scalability and performance.

Visualforce Input Tags: Visualforce Input Tags provide a range of form input elements that can be utilized to create user-friendly interfaces in Salesforce. They allow developers to capture user input, validate data, and pass values to the underlying Apex code for processing. Visualforce Input Tags enable the creation of interactive and responsive forms, enhancing the overall user experience.

Visualforce Charts: Visualforce Charts enable the graphical representation of data in Salesforce. They provide various chart types, including bar, line, pie, and scatter charts, to visualize data trends, relationships, and comparisons. Visualforce Charts facilitate data analysis, improve data-driven decision-making processes, and enhance the visual appeal of Salesforce applications.

Workflow Rules and Actions: Workflow Rules and Actions automate standard Salesforce processes based on predefined criteria. They enable the automation of tasks, field updates, email notifications, and other actions based on specified rules. By leveraging Workflow Rules and Actions, organizations can streamline their business processes, increase efficiency, and ensure consistent data handling within Salesforce.

Salesforce Functions: Salesforce Functions provide declarative formulas and expressions that can be used to perform calculations, transformations, and logic-based operations within Salesforce. They offer a wide range of capabilities, including data manipulation, validation, conditional statements, and mathematical calculations. Salesforce Functions empower developers to build powerful and dynamic formulas and expressions to automate complex business logic.

Full list of covered topics

The actual topics of the questions in the final test will depend on your job description and requirements. However, here's a list of topics you can expect the questions for Salesforce Developer Test to be based on.

Apex syntax

Apex classes and objects

SOQL and SOSL queries

Apex triggers

Apex test classes

Apex governor limits

Visualforce tags and components

Apex controllers

Visualforce custom controllers

Visualforce extensions

Salesforce Lightning components

Lightning events

Lightning data service

Lightning app builder

Salesforce REST API integration

Salesforce SOAP API integration

Outbound messages

Named credentials

HTTP callouts

Apex collections (List, Set, Map)

Iteration over collections

Sorting and filtering collections

Batch Apex execution

Scheduling Batch Apex

Apex sharing

Visualforce input fields

Visualforce output fields

Visualforce controllers and extensions

Visualforce page layouts

Visualforce rerendering

Visualforce dynamic components

Visualforce charts

Workflow rule criteria

Workflow actions (field update, email alert, outbound message)

Workflow rule evaluation criteria

Salesforce formula functions

Date and time functions

Math functions

Text functions

Logical functions

Aggregate functions

Email functions

String manipulation functions

Record creation and update functions

Data validation functions

Error handling and exceptions

Debugging and logging

Governor limit management

Performance optimization

Security features and best practices

Best practices for Visualforce development

Best practices for Apex development

Deployment strategies and methods

Change set deployments

Metadata API deployments

Sandbox management

Version control (Git, SVN) integration

Continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD)

Salesforce DX

Salesforce communities

What roles can I use the Salesforce Developer Test for?

Salesforce Lightning Developer
Salesforce Developer
Salesforce Implementation Specialist

How is the Salesforce Developer Test customized for senior candidates?

For intermediate/ experienced candidates, we customize the assessment questions to include advanced topics and increase the difficulty level of the questions. This might include adding questions on topics like

Customizing and Extending Salesforce Objects
Salesforce Security Model
Web Services and APIs
SOQL and SOSL Queries
Data Modeling and Management
Debugging and Testing
Governor Limits and Performance Optimization
Salesforce Communities
Sandboxes and Deployment
Salesforce Mobile App Development

The coding question for experienced candidates will be of a higher difficulty level to evaluate more hands-on experience.

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Have questions about the Salesforce Developer Hiring Test?

What is Salesforce Developer Test?

The Salesforce Developer Test evaluates the skills and knowledge of candidates in various aspects of Salesforce development. It's used by recruiters to assess the proficiency of potential hires in Salesforce-related tasks.

Can I combine Salesforce Developer Test with Salesforce Administrator questions?

Yes, recruiters can request a custom test with multiple skills. For more details on assessing Salesforce Administrator skills, check out our Salesforce Administrator Test.

What kind of questions are used to evaluate senior Salesforce Developer candidates?

The test includes questions on Customizing and Extending Salesforce Objects, Salesforce Security Model, Web Services and APIs, SOQL and SOSL Queries, and more to assess senior-level expertise.

How to use Salesforce Developer Test in my hiring process?

Use our assessment software as a pre-screening tool. Add a link to the test in your job post or invite candidates by email. This helps identify skilled candidates earlier in the recruitment process.

What are the main Salesforce tests?

In addition to the Salesforce Developer Test, we offer:

Salesforce Administrator Test

Can I combine multiple skills into one custom assessment?

Yes, absolutely. Custom assessments are set up based on your job description, and will include questions on all must-have skills you specify. Here's a quick guide on how you can request a custom test.

Do you have any anti-cheating or proctoring features in place?

We have the following anti-cheating features in place:

Non-googleable questions
IP proctoring
Screen proctoring
Web proctoring
Webcam proctoring
Plagiarism detection
Secure browser
Copy paste protection

Read more about the proctoring features.

How do I interpret test scores?

The primary thing to keep in mind is that an assessment is an elimination tool, not a selection tool. A skills assessment is optimized to help you eliminate candidates who are not technically qualified for the role, it is not optimized to help you find the best candidate for the role. So the ideal way to use an assessment is to decide a threshold score (typically 55%, we help you benchmark) and invite all candidates who score above the threshold for the next rounds of interview.

What experience level can I use this test for?

Each Adaface assessment is customized to your job description/ ideal candidate persona (our subject matter experts will pick the right questions for your assessment from our library of 10000+ questions). This assessment can be customized for any experience level.

Does every candidate get the same questions?

Yes, it makes it much easier for you to compare candidates. Options for MCQ questions and the order of questions are randomized. We have anti-cheating/ proctoring features in place. In our enterprise plan, we also have the option to create multiple versions of the same assessment with questions of similar difficulty levels.

I'm a candidate. Can I try a practice test?

No. Unfortunately, we do not support practice tests at the moment. However, you can use our sample questions for practice.

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