👩🏻💻Last week I spoke with a frontend developer who had around 3 years of experience. ✅Good portfolio. ✅Clean UI projects. ✅Strong resume. During the discussion I asked a simple question: “Why does a React component sometimes re-render even when props don’t change?” He paused for a moment and said: “Maybe React just refreshes the component sometimes.” And that’s where the conversation changed. Because the real discussion behind that question usually goes into things like: • Reference equality of objects and functions • Parent component re-renders causing child components to render again • Context updates propagating through the component tree • State updates inside hooks like useEffect • Unstable dependencies triggering unnecessary renders This is something I see quite often when talking with frontend developers. Many developers are good at: ✔ Building components ✔ Using hooks ✔ Creating nice UI But interviews often explore something deeper: Do you understand how React behaves under the hood? From there the conversation naturally moved into topics like: • How React reconciliation works • What React Fiber architecture is • Why Context API can sometimes cause frequent re-renders • The difference between useEffect and useLayoutEffect • When it actually makes sense to use useMemo or React.memo A lot of preparation focuses on syntax and APIs. But interviews usually evaluate how clearly you understand the concepts behind them. Knowing what to write is helpful. But knowing why it behaves that way is what really stands out in interviews. ➡️Lately I’ve been organizing a lot of these patterns and concepts around frontend interview fundamentals and React rendering behavior. More on that soon. #FrontendDevelopment #ReactJS #JavaScript #InterviewPrep #WebDevelopment #TechCareers
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