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Salesforce Coding Interview Questions

Review this list of 23 Salesforce Coding Software Engineer interview questions and answers verified by hiring managers and candidates.
  • Salesforce logoAsked at Salesforce 
    +24

    "We can use dictionary to store cache items so that our read / write operations will be O(1). Each time we read or update an existing record, we have to ensure the item is moved to the back of the cache. This will allow us to evict the first item in the cache whenever the cache is full and we need to add new records also making our eviction O(1) Instead of normal dictionary, we will use ordered dictionary to store cache items. This will allow us to efficiently move items to back of the cache a"

    Alfred O. - "We can use dictionary to store cache items so that our read / write operations will be O(1). Each time we read or update an existing record, we have to ensure the item is moved to the back of the cache. This will allow us to evict the first item in the cache whenever the cache is full and we need to add new records also making our eviction O(1) Instead of normal dictionary, we will use ordered dictionary to store cache items. This will allow us to efficiently move items to back of the cache a"See full answer

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  • Salesforce logoAsked at Salesforce 
    +26

    "we can use two pointer + set like maintain i,j and also insert jth character to set like while set size is equal to our window j-i+1 then maximize our answer and increase jth pointer till last index"

    Kishor J. - "we can use two pointer + set like maintain i,j and also insert jth character to set like while set size is equal to our window j-i+1 then maximize our answer and increase jth pointer till last index"See full answer

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  • +1

    " Compare alternate houses i.e for each house starting from the third, calculate the maximum money that can be stolen up to that house by choosing between: Skipping the current house and taking the maximum money stolen up to the previous house. Robbing the current house and adding its value to the maximum money stolen up to the house two steps back. package main import ( "fmt" ) // rob function calculates the maximum money a robber can steal func maxRob(nums []int) int { ln"

    VContaineers - " Compare alternate houses i.e for each house starting from the third, calculate the maximum money that can be stolen up to that house by choosing between: Skipping the current house and taking the maximum money stolen up to the previous house. Robbing the current house and adding its value to the maximum money stolen up to the house two steps back. package main import ( "fmt" ) // rob function calculates the maximum money a robber can steal func maxRob(nums []int) int { ln"See full answer

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  • Salesforce logoAsked at Salesforce 

    "Use a representative of each, e.g. sort the string and add it to the value of a hashmap> where we put all the words that belong to the same anagram together."

    Gaston B. - "Use a representative of each, e.g. sort the string and add it to the value of a hashmap> where we put all the words that belong to the same anagram together."See full answer

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  • Salesforce logoAsked at Salesforce 
    Video answer for 'Merge Intervals'
    +45

    "const mergeIntervals = (intervals) => { const compare = (a, b) => { if(a[0] b[0]) return 1 else if(a[0] === b[0]) { return a[1] - b[1] } } let current = [] const result = [] const sorted = intervals.sort(compare) for(let i = 0; i = b[0]) current[1] = b[1] els"

    Kofi N. - "const mergeIntervals = (intervals) => { const compare = (a, b) => { if(a[0] b[0]) return 1 else if(a[0] === b[0]) { return a[1] - b[1] } } let current = [] const result = [] const sorted = intervals.sort(compare) for(let i = 0; i = b[0]) current[1] = b[1] els"See full answer

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  • Salesforce logoAsked at Salesforce 
    +20

    "def is_valid(s: str) -> bool: stack = [] closeToOpen = { ")" : "(", "]" : "[", "}" : "{" } for c in s: if c in closeToOpen: if stack and stack[-1] == closeToOpen[c]: stack.pop() else: return False else: stack.append(c) return True if not stack else False debug your code below print(is_valid("()[]")) `"

    Anonymous Roadrunner - "def is_valid(s: str) -> bool: stack = [] closeToOpen = { ")" : "(", "]" : "[", "}" : "{" } for c in s: if c in closeToOpen: if stack and stack[-1] == closeToOpen[c]: stack.pop() else: return False else: stack.append(c) return True if not stack else False debug your code below print(is_valid("()[]")) `"See full answer

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  • Salesforce logoAsked at Salesforce 
    +5

    "DFS with check of an already seen node in the graph would work from collections import deque, defaultdict from typing import List def iscourseloopdfs(idcourse: int, graph: defaultdict[list]) -> bool: stack = deque([(id_course)]) seen_courses = set() while stack: print(stack) curr_course = stack.pop() if currcourse in seencourses: return True seencourses.add(currcourse) for dependency in graph[curr_course]: "

    Gabriele G. - "DFS with check of an already seen node in the graph would work from collections import deque, defaultdict from typing import List def iscourseloopdfs(idcourse: int, graph: defaultdict[list]) -> bool: stack = deque([(id_course)]) seen_courses = set() while stack: print(stack) curr_course = stack.pop() if currcourse in seencourses: return True seencourses.add(currcourse) for dependency in graph[curr_course]: "See full answer

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  • +13

    "public static int maxProfitGreedy(int[] stockPrices) { int maxProfit = 0; for(int i = 1; i todayPrice) { maxProfit += tomorrowPrice - todayPrice; } } return maxProfit; } "

    Laksitha R. - "public static int maxProfitGreedy(int[] stockPrices) { int maxProfit = 0; for(int i = 1; i todayPrice) { maxProfit += tomorrowPrice - todayPrice; } } return maxProfit; } "See full answer

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  • "Abstract class A class that can have Abstract methods - without implementations and Concerete Methods i.e with implementation. Can have private, protected and public access modifiers. Supports Single inheritance i.e a class can extend only 1 abstract class Can have constructors Mainly used when sharing common behaviors Interface Class A collection of abstract methods ( can have static and default methods also - onwards of java 8) Public, static, final are the access"

    Sue G. - "Abstract class A class that can have Abstract methods - without implementations and Concerete Methods i.e with implementation. Can have private, protected and public access modifiers. Supports Single inheritance i.e a class can extend only 1 abstract class Can have constructors Mainly used when sharing common behaviors Interface Class A collection of abstract methods ( can have static and default methods also - onwards of java 8) Public, static, final are the access"See full answer

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  • Salesforce logoAsked at Salesforce 
    +47

    "a. Sort the array elements. b. take two pointers at index 0 and index Len-1; c. if the sum at the two pointers is target; break and return the pair d. if the sum is smaller, then move left pointer by 1 e. else move right pointer by 1; run the logic till the target is met or right pointer crosses the left pointer."

    Komal S. - "a. Sort the array elements. b. take two pointers at index 0 and index Len-1; c. if the sum at the two pointers is target; break and return the pair d. if the sum is smaller, then move left pointer by 1 e. else move right pointer by 1; run the logic till the target is met or right pointer crosses the left pointer."See full answer

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  • Salesforce logoAsked at Salesforce 
    Video answer for 'Given an nxn grid of 1s and 0s, return the number of islands in the input.'
    +14

    " from typing import List def getnumberof_islands(binaryMatrix: List[List[int]]) -> int: if not binaryMatrix: return 0 rows = len(binaryMatrix) cols = len(binaryMatrix[0]) islands = 0 for r in range(rows): for c in range(cols): if binaryMatrixr == 1: islands += 1 dfs(binaryMatrix, r, c) return islands def dfs(grid, r, c): if ( r = len(grid) "

    Rick E. - " from typing import List def getnumberof_islands(binaryMatrix: List[List[int]]) -> int: if not binaryMatrix: return 0 rows = len(binaryMatrix) cols = len(binaryMatrix[0]) islands = 0 for r in range(rows): for c in range(cols): if binaryMatrixr == 1: islands += 1 dfs(binaryMatrix, r, c) return islands def dfs(grid, r, c): if ( r = len(grid) "See full answer

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  • Salesforce logoAsked at Salesforce 
    +8

    "function findPrimes(n) { if (n < 2) return []; const primes = []; for (let i=2; i <= n; i++) { const half = Math.floor(i/2); let isPrime = true; for (let prime of primes) { if (i % prime === 0) { isPrime = false; break; } } if (isPrime) { primes.push(i); } } return primes; } `"

    Tiago R. - "function findPrimes(n) { if (n < 2) return []; const primes = []; for (let i=2; i <= n; i++) { const half = Math.floor(i/2); let isPrime = true; for (let prime of primes) { if (i % prime === 0) { isPrime = false; break; } } if (isPrime) { primes.push(i); } } return primes; } `"See full answer

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  • Salesforce logoAsked at Salesforce 
    +21

    " O(n) time, O(1) space from typing import List def maxsubarraysum(nums: List[int]) -> int: if len(nums) == 0: return 0 maxsum = currsum = nums[0] for i in range(1, len(nums)): currsum = max(currsum + nums[i], nums[i]) maxsum = max(currsum, max_sum) return max_sum debug your code below print(maxsubarraysum([-1, 2, -3, 4])) `"

    Rick E. - " O(n) time, O(1) space from typing import List def maxsubarraysum(nums: List[int]) -> int: if len(nums) == 0: return 0 maxsum = currsum = nums[0] for i in range(1, len(nums)): currsum = max(currsum + nums[i], nums[i]) maxsum = max(currsum, max_sum) return max_sum debug your code below print(maxsubarraysum([-1, 2, -3, 4])) `"See full answer

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  • Salesforce logoAsked at Salesforce 
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  • Salesforce logoAsked at Salesforce 
    +1

    "static boolean sudokuSolve(char board) { return sudokuSolve(board, 0, 0); } static boolean sudokuSolve(char board, int r, int c) { if(c>=board[0].length) { r=r+1; c=0; } if(r>=board.length) return true; if(boardr=='.') { for(int num=1; num<=9; num++) { boardr=(char)('0' + num); if(isValidPosition(board, r, c)) { if(sudokuSolve(board, r, c+1)) return true; } boardr='.'; } } else { return sudokuSolve(board, r, c+1); } return false; } static boolean isValidPosition(char b"

    Divya R. - "static boolean sudokuSolve(char board) { return sudokuSolve(board, 0, 0); } static boolean sudokuSolve(char board, int r, int c) { if(c>=board[0].length) { r=r+1; c=0; } if(r>=board.length) return true; if(boardr=='.') { for(int num=1; num<=9; num++) { boardr=(char)('0' + num); if(isValidPosition(board, r, c)) { if(sudokuSolve(board, r, c+1)) return true; } boardr='.'; } } else { return sudokuSolve(board, r, c+1); } return false; } static boolean isValidPosition(char b"See full answer

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  • Salesforce logoAsked at Salesforce 

    "Bitshift the number to the right and keep track of the 1's you encounter. If you bitshift it completely and only encounter one 1, it is a power of two."

    Nils G. - "Bitshift the number to the right and keep track of the 1's you encounter. If you bitshift it completely and only encounter one 1, it is a power of two."See full answer

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  • Salesforce logoAsked at Salesforce 

    "sanity testing, black box testing , white box testing, smoke testing,performance testing"

    Shubhangi S. - "sanity testing, black box testing , white box testing, smoke testing,performance testing"See full answer

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