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Walk me through how you would de-risk a large Salesforce import before loading the full file. What would you validate in a representative sample, and what would you reconcile afterward?
Strong Interview Answer
I would clean and map the source data, back up anything at risk, then run a representative sample through the same tool and automation path as the production load. I would validate field mappings, required values, ownership, external IDs/relationships, duplicate and validation behavior, Flow/Apex side effects, and error handling. Only after reconciling success/error counts and business totals would I scale to the full load.
What to Listen For
- representative sample
- field mapping and external IDs
- ownership and relationships
- validation/duplicate/automation effects
- error handling
- post-load reconciliation
Caution
Award full credit for correct reasoning and tradeoffs, not for merely naming a Salesforce feature. Challenge broad answers that ignore the deciding constraint in the scenario.