Front end interview

May 31, 2021 5 Comments

Preparing for senior front end roles should I still spend time on going through system design prep materials DDIA, primer, groking SDI ?
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  • Amazon / Eng
    MQpr41

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    MQpr41
    Any particular companies in mind? I feel that Frontend interview can range from extremely easy to very difficult. You should prepare like any other interview. Personally I would think about your weaknesses and focus on studying them

    Definitely be well versed async programming/promises and understand how to optimize performance when it comes to DOM reflows(and the tools you would use to debug those types of issues).

    System design is typically going to be about building a usable and efficient front end for an API/service. You'll definitely want to brush up on accessibility and think in terms of how you can progressively load an interface so it's immediately usable even if certain services are slow(don't allow a slow service to be a bottleneck that holds up the whole interface)

    Also you probably already know the event loop well since you're going for senior roles but I think it should be illegal to write Javascript before watching this video: https://youtu.be/8aGhZQkoFbQ

    Also after typing all this I realize this really only applies to a web frontend roles
    ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
    May 31, 2021 3
    • Amazon / Eng
      MQpr41

      Go to company page Amazon Eng

      MQpr41
      I'd say you should be familiar with how those things work but I don't imagine you'll need to dive deep on them

      For instance you should be aware if the API you are working with has an eventual consistency model and decide whether or not that is important for the interface you are building. Basically you should be able to express how you would ideally like the API to work
      May 31, 2021
    • Better.com
      日本 🇯🇵 ばんざい!

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      日本 🇯🇵 ばんざい!
      Do you guys have any good resources on accessibility?
      May 31, 2021
  • Any probability Interviewer can still ask standard design problems involving core service and backend stuff?
    If someone can share their experience it will be helpful
    May 31, 2021 0