Read about Perforce version control Interview Questions and their answers which is consolidated and answered by well known DevOps Trainer - Rajesh Kumar
Some of the perforce commands which is not commonly used but useful.
p4 annotate - Print file lines along with their revisions.
e.g p4 annotate file.c
How to ignore files/folder in perforce workspace/client?
Assuming you have a client named "CLIENT", a directory named "foo" (located at your project root), and you wish to ignore all .dll files in that directory tree, you can add the following lines to your workspace view to accomplish this:
-//depot/foo/*.dll //CLIENT/foo/*.dll
-//depot/foo/.../*.dll //CLIENT/foo/.../*.dll Read more click here
Reference:- This article was originally posted on scmGalaxy.com
This is a useful interview resource because Perforce questions often test more than definitions—they test whether you understand why Helix Core is chosen in large, high-performance environments (game development, semiconductor, large binaries, monorepos) and how teams operate it day to day. A strong candidate should be able to explain practical workflows like changelists, branching/streams, merging strategies, file locking vs parallel edits, workspace/client specs, typemaps for binaries, and how permissions, triggers, and integrations (CI/CD, build systems) keep repos clean and scalable. I also like when guides include scenario-based Q&A (e.g., resolving merge conflicts across streams, handling large assets, preventing accidental binary diffs, or enforcing review/submit rules), because that’s what real Perforce work looks like in production teams.
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