Mastering Web Developer Interview Code

In this course, senior staff instructor Ray Villalobos explores front-end and full-stack coding concepts that every developer should have in their toolkit.

Introduction

• Stay sharp with web developer interview code
• What you should know
• Using the exercises for this course

1. Questions

• How do you use the data- attribute in HTML?
• Are you comfortable using jQuery?
• Describe when you should use the bind() method
• Do you know how to use the conditional operator?
• Have you used Ajax to load an external file?
• Have you used JavaScript templates?
• How do you manipulate the DOM?
• How do you search using functional programming?
• How do you use a constructor to create instances?
• How do you use arrow functions in ES6?
• How do you use the Fetch API?
• How do you render JSON to a DOM element?
• How does an IIFE work?
• How does immutability work in JavaScript?
• How would you use JavaScript reduce()?
• Quick concepts: Do you have experience linting your code?
• What are event bubbling and propagation about?
• What does "use strict" do?
• What is a callback and how do you use it?
• What is the relationship between promises and callbacks?
• What is the virtual DOM?
• What is variable hoisting and how do you guard against it?
• What tooling options have you used in the past?
• When would you use recursion?
• Can you build a Sass mixin?
• Do you know how to use CSS variables?
• Animate an underline on hover in CSS
• Explain the difference between absolute and relative positioning
• How comfortable are you with Sass?
• How do you animate CSS?
• How do you debug CSS using your browser?
• How do you use calc() in CSS?
• How would you use flexbox to control horizontal alignment?
• In CSS, what's the difference between ems and rems?
• What's the difference between a pseudo-class and a pseudo-element?
• Do you know how to use npm?
• Do you have experience using version control?
• How does routing work in a modern web application?

2. Tasks

• Create a list of URLs from these links
• Create a practical example of closures
• Show me how to use the map function

3. Interviews with Working Professionals

• What questions are asked in developer interviews? with John Riviello
• How do you manage your career? interview with Chris Coyier
• How do I figure out what to learn? with Kevin Skoglund
• What's the hiring process like when hiring for a team? with Justin Yost
• What experience do you need to work at top companies? interview with Adam Geitgey
• Should a developer consider freelancing? with Carrie Dills
• Staying motivated, with Raymond Camden