Interview Practice (Front-End)

Targeted for Profession

Criteria Meet Specification

Interview answers are directed to a specific job

  • Answers relate back to job duties, referring to specific job requirements in the description
  • At least one answer addresses the company's mission (eg: interest in education if applying to an education company like Udacity)

Demonstrate passion for the job

  • At least one answer demonstrates enthusiasm for learning new skills or topics in targeted field
  • Answers show candidate is ready for the role; the candidate is passionate about the specific job and has the skills to succeed in the role

Communicates short- and long-term goals

  • At least one answer refers to candidate's goals within a year
  • At least one answer refers to candidate's learning or career goals past one year from now

General

Criteria Meet Specification

Answers are positive and strengthen job candidate profile

  • Answers contain no negative language
  • Answers focus on thought process and how students approaches problems

Technical Accuracy

Criteria Meet Specification

Technical answers are correct and produce no errors

  • Technical answers are correct and produce no errors

Understand front-end framework trends

  • Mentions a specific front-end framework
  • Explains how framework works
  • Discusses advantages and disadvantages of framework
  • Compares framework to alternatives or discusses framework in context.

JavaScript code is correct

  • Gives clear, functional code that does what it’s supposed to do
  • Provides detailed rationale for the code provided

HTML and CSS is correct

  • Answer is in HTML, CSS and any necessary JavaScript
    • The CSS and JavaScript may be embedded in HTML or be contained in a separate file