#Front-end Job Interview Questions

General

• Do you know the Sitecore way?
• Are you on Twitter?
• If so, who do you follow on Twitter?
• Are you on GitHub?
• If so, what are some examples of repos you follow
• What web languages are you proficient in?
• How much experience do you have with SVN & Git?
• Can you describe the difference between progressive enhancement and graceful degradation?
• Explain what "Semantic HTML" means.
• Why is it better to serve site assets from multiple domains?
• How many resources will a browser download from a given domain at a time?
• If you could master one technology this year, what would it be?
• Can you use XHTML syntax in HTML5?
• What's the coolest thing you've ever coded, what are you most proud of?
• You are asked to complete a project in a day that typically would take about a week. How would you respond?
• You notice code your co-worker has written that you think might cause performance issues and future problems. What would you do?
• Have you ever developed a mobile web app?

HTML

• What are data- attributes good for?

Javascript

• Rate your experience with jQuery.
• When would you use document.write()?
• What's the difference between feature detection, feature inference, and using the UA string?
• "i'm a lasagna hog".split("").reverse().join("");
• Question: What value is returned from the above statement? Answer: "goh angasal a m'
• What is the concept of “functions as objects” and how does this affect variable scope?

CSS

• Describe what a "reset" CSS file does and how it's useful.
• Describe Floats and how they work.
• Explain CSS sprites, and how you would implement them on a page or site.
• CSS property hacks, conditionally included .css files, or... something else?
• How do you serve your pages for feature-constrained browsers?
• What are the different ways to visually hide content (and make it available only for screen readers)?
• Have you ever used a grid system, and if so, what do you prefer?
• Have you used or implemented media queries or mobile specific layouts/CSS?
• Do you use CSS preprocessors? (SASS, Compass, Stylus, LESS)
• How would you implement a web design comp that uses non-standard fonts?
• Explain how a browser determines what elements match a CSS selector?
• When would you use inline styles?