💼 My Experience with a Frontend Developer Interview (JS | ReactJS | NextJS) Recently I interviewed for a Frontend Developer position, and it ended up being an enjoyable experience with some helpful lessons! 🚀 The interview consisted heavily of fundamentals in JavaScript, ReactJS concepts, and some scenario-based questions on Next.js. Here is a brief summary of the types of questions I was asked 👇 🧠 JavaScript: Can you explain hoisting and give an example? What is the difference between var, let, and const? What is event delegation in JavaScript? How does the this keyword work within different contexts? ⚛️ ReactJS: What is the difference between using useCallback and useMemo? What is the impact of Virtual DOM on performance? Can you explain the React component lifecycle (with hooks)? How can you optimize a re-render in React? ⚙️ Next.js: What is the difference between using getServerSideProps or getStaticProps? How does routing function in Next.js? What are the advantages of Next.js over CRA? There was also a small coding exercise from the interviewer: Create a simple todo list app with the ability to add, update, and delete using React hooks. Overall, the experience was fun and helped me recognize my own opportunities for improvement, and helped me feel more confident for other interviews. 🌱 If you are interviewing for a frontend role, I highly recommend focusing your efforts on: ✅ Core JavaScript ✅ React hooks & performance management ✅ Basic understanding of rendering methods for Next.js But as always — make sure you have clarity on the fundamentals. #FrontendDeveloper #ReactJS #JavaScript #NextJS #InterviewExperience #WebDevelopment #CareerGrowth
Thank you for the info! I made few websites but honestly not sure if I could provide expected answer for half of the questions. Strange of them to ask about stuff like usecallback and usememo. Ive heard useMemo is no longer needed with React compiler and their use has to be so precise and reasonable that it is often unclear whether there will be any impact on performance. Whats next, them asking about class components? Wouldn't be nice if interview's outcome depended on correct description of specific hook/method, but I assume they wanna know how you think and handle questions you don't know the answer to (will you respond sarcastically, shake your head, think for very long time or admit you can't answer)
diamond solid understanding in fundamentals === easy shift between frameworks. meanwhile I know answer to all except next js stuff , yet no job here in chennai, literally none gives a chance to freshers. I think recruiters love seeing ai made projects in resume instead of someone's simple looking project made from scratch by himself.
According to my own observation if you have a good grip on fundamentals then the interview becomes so easy ... Since companies are not expecting from you that you know everything and obv it is not possible though.... Glad to hear your experience Shahrukh Saifi ... Did they select you Shahrukh?
what experience level were these questions for? Would help others benchmark their prep..
Yup started revision from basic and fundamentals to top , started with JS then will come to react
Thanks Shahrukh Saifi for sharing this. I want know is there any impact of interview level because of AI.
as i am a fresher of IT 2018 batch ,let me know any openings are there ?
Good👍 one
This reads like a high school exam. Not realistic. I know all this stuff but would struggle to recite it off the top of my head with these types of no-context questions. And in real world work, I wouldn’t have to, since I’d just go look it up if I was unsure and would have ample surrounding context to jog my memory.