Here are some SSRS Interview Questions, Will keep adding new questions. Good luck with interview as SQL Server Report Developer :)

1.       What is SSRS

2.       When did first version of SSRS was introduced in market

3.       What are the different versions of SSRS you have used

4.       What is Shared Data Source in SSRS

5.       What is Shared Dataset in SSRS

6.       What is difference between Shared Data Source and Shared Data Set

7.       What is Embedded data source and how it is different from Shared Data Source

8.       What type of reports can be created by using Report Wizard

9.       Can you create parameter reports by using Report Wizard

10.   What is report server and What Report server modes available

11.   .RDL reports can run on Reporting Services report servers in native mode or in SharePoint mode, Is this true statement

12.   What are the stages or Report Processing

13.   What are different options available to View Report

14.   What are the different ways to sort your report data, What is interactive sort

15.   Can we display data from multiple datasets in one report

16.   What is look up in SSRS

17.   What is Cache shared Dataset, how we can cache that, what are advantages/disadvantages of that

18.   Can you refresh shared dataset cache on schedule, if yes what condition can cause Cache to get expired

19.   What is Subscription in SSRS

20.   What are types of Subscription available in SSRS

21.   What is difference between Standard and Data Driven Subscription

22.   What are the prerequisites to create a Subscription

23.   What does Delivery Extension mean when you are going to create subscription

24.   What delivery extensions are available in Subscription, When administrator provide Null delivery extension what does that mean

25.   What are the important parts of Subscription

26.   What are Data Alerts in SSRS, how it works

27.   Can you create Data Alerts on reports those created with Power View

28.   What are the steps involved to create data alert ,In which database data alert meta data is saved, What is role of SQL Server Agent in Data alert

29.   What is Logging in SSRS

30.   What is difference between Reporting Services Execution and Trace Logging

31.   Where the execution log stored

32.   Where can you find Report Server Service Trace Log and what information it provides

33.   What is Power View , Can we use Power view feature in Native mode

34.   What are two data models those can be used by Power view to create reports

35.   Explain difference between Report Designer, Report Builder and Power View

36.   If you have created a report with Report builder, can you open that with Power View

37.   If you have created a report with Power View, Can you modify by using Report Builder

38.   What is extension of report that you Report Builder/Report Designer

39.   What is extension of report that you create with Power View

40.   What are seven rendering extensions available in SSRS

41.   What is Reporting Services Configuration Manager

42.   What is Report Manager and what we can do with it

43.   What is running total and What function you will use to include running total in new column in SSRS

44.   If you want to display only 10 rows per page in SSRS, how will you achieve that

45.   What is page break in SSRS

46.   If you want to display header on each of new page, how will you do that

47.   If you want to display data for each group on new page, how will you do that

48.   You have report that has multiple pages with different group data, you want to render to excel but each group data should go to separate sheet. What property you need to use

49.   We can insert image in report , What image sources are available for us to use

50.   What security roles are available in SSRS

51.   What is Report Parts in SSRS

52.   What is List report Item

53.   What is Indicator Report Item

54.   What is Sparkline and Data bar item in SSRS

55.   In which version of SSRS Maps were introduced? SSRS uses Google Maps, is this correct statement

1.       What are different types of SSRS reports available

2.       What is different between Matrix and Tablix Report

3.       What is difference between drill down and drill through report

4.       What is Sub report

5.       What is parameterized report

6.       What is Linked Report

7.       What is snapshot report

8.       What is Cached report

9.       What is Ad hoc report

10.   What is Clickthrough report

1.       What type of parameters available in SSRS

2.       What is Single Value parameter

3.       What is Multi value parameter

4.       If you have to create single value parameter report , How will you write your T SQL Query

5.       If you have to create multi value report , how will you write your T SQL Query

6.       If you need to display a calendar as one or your parameter , How Will you do that

7.       Is there a way to provide default value to your parameter

8.       You have created a report, The report has Month Name as parameter, What is best way to provide values for this parameter

9.       What is Cascading parameter in SSRS

10.   What are range parameters

11.   Can you show Radio buttons as your parameter in SSRS, if yes for which data type these parameters work

12.   What data types are available for Parameters in SSRS

13.   How do you set parameter on a Drill through report

14.   How do you set parameter on a Sub report

1.       What is difference between IIF and Switch Function?

2.       If you need to color a cell depending upon value, red for negative and green for positive , how you will do that

3.       How to remove Null values in Cell by some default value

4.       How will you hide empty row in SSRS

5.       Name few of the functions you have used in expressions (String, date or math functions etc.)

6.       Which function will you use to add a new column that will generate sequence number with your all records

7.       Let’s say we are in situation where we need to write a special function that is not available in SSRS, how we will write that function, which language we should use and how will we be able to use that function in SSRS.

1.       What is shared schedule in SSRS

2.       In which situation you need to use SSRS Schedule

3.       Which roles have permission to Create, modify or delete shared schedules

4.       What did the schedule information is saved ( Report Server Service, Report Server interface, Share Point site Or Report Server Database)

5.       If SQL Server Agent is disabled on SQL Server , Will you be able to run your reports on schedule

1.       What is SSRS deployment

2.       How will you deploy your report by using BIDS/SSDT

3.       What is RS Utility and why we use it

4.       What are the steps to deploy your repot by using Report Server?

5.       How will you deploy your report to SharePoint site? What are the steps involved