General Questions

  • What did you learn yesterday/this week?
  • What excites or interests you about coding?
  • What is a recent technical challenge you experienced and how did you solve it?
  • When building a new web site or maintaining one, can you explain some techniques you have used to increase performance?
  • Can you describe some SEO best practices or techniques you have used lately?
  • Can you explain any common techniques or recent issues solved in regards to front-end security?
  • What actions have you personally taken on recent projects to increase maintainability of your code?
  • Talk about your preferred development environment.
  • Which version control systems are you familiar with?
  • Can you describe your workflow when you create a web page?
  • If you have 5 different stylesheets, how would you best integrate them into the site?
  • Can you describe the difference between progressive enhancement and graceful degradation?
  • How would you optimize a website’s assets/resources?
  • How many resources will a browser download from a given domain at a time?
    • What are the exceptions?
  • Name 3 ways to decrease page load (perceived or actual load time).
  • If you jumped on a project and they used tabs and you used spaces, what would you do?
  • Describe how you would create a simple slideshow page.
  • If you could master one technology this year, what would it be?
  • Explain the importance of standards and standards bodies.
  • What is Flash of Unstyled Content? How do you avoid FOUC?
  • Explain what ARIA and screenreaders are, and how to make a website accessible.
  • Explain some of the pros and cons for CSS animations versus JavaScript animations.
  • What does CORS stand for and what issue does it address?
  • How did you handle a disagreement with your boss or your collaborator?
  • What resources do you use to learn about the latest in front end development and design?
  • What skills are needed to be a good front-end developer?
  • What role do you see yourself in?
  • Explain the difference between cookies, session storage, and local storage?
  • Can you explain what happens when you enter a URL into the browser?
  • Describe the difference between SSR and CSR. Discuss the pros and cons.
    • Are you familiar with static rendering?
    • Rehydration?