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Select 2-3 projects that best demonstrate your full-stack skills and relevance to the role, and for each, briefly state the problem, your solution, and the web technologies used. Focus on explaining why you chose those technologies and the trade-offs involved, rather than just listing them.
Pro tip: Tie every technology choice back to a concrete benefit or constraint (e.g., 'We used Node.js because it allowed us to share code between client and server, reducing development time'). This shows you think in terms of trade-offs, not just tools.
Start with a brief overview of your resume projects, highlighting the ones most relevant to the role and the technologies you'll discuss.
For each selected project, explain what it does, the problem it solves, and your specific role and contributions.
List the key web technologies (frontend, backend, database, APIs) and briefly explain how they were used in the project.
Discuss why you chose those technologies over alternatives, including any trade-offs in performance, scalability, or development speed.
Conclude with the project's outcome, what you learned, and how it prepares you for the challenges of this role.
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Live coding is a different beast from grinding problems solo.
Start by clarifying requirements and choosing a simple tech stack (e.g., vanilla JS or React). Build the app incrementally, explaining each step and how event handling is wired up. Emphasize the event flow: from user action to event listener to state update to UI re-render.
Pro tip: While coding, narrate your thought process and trade-offs (e.g., event delegation vs. direct binding) to showcase your problem-solving and communication skills. Also, mention how you would test event handling to ensure reliability.
Ask clarifying questions about features (add, delete, mark complete) and constraints. Choose a simple stack (e.g., HTML/CSS/JS or React) and explain your choice.
Create the HTML skeleton with an input field, add button, and a list container. Briefly explain the purpose of each element.
Attach event listeners to the add button (click) and list items (click for delete/toggle). Explain the event object, event type, and how you update the DOM or state.
Describe how events propagate (bubbling) and why you might use event delegation for dynamic elements. Mention performance and maintainability benefits.
Walk through a quick test (e.g., add a todo, mark it complete, delete it). Summarize how event handling drives the app's interactivity.
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This was back-to-back with the Todo app portion.
Start by clarifying the scope and constraints of the conversion, then walk through a structured plan: identify the component's current behavior, design the React component tree with state and props, and implement incrementally while explaining trade-offs. Emphasize maintainability, performance, and testing throughout the live session.
Pro tip: Narrate your thought process and explicitly call out trade-offs (e.g., controlled vs uncontrolled components, local vs lifted state) to show senior-level decision-making. Also, keep the conversion incremental and testable, so you can validate each step before moving on.
Ask questions to understand the existing component's functionality, the target React version, state management expectations, and any integration points. Confirm whether the conversion should be a direct port or an opportunity to improve.
Break down the component into its UI structure, internal state, lifecycle behaviors, and external dependencies. Identify which parts map naturally to React concepts like props, state, and effects.
Sketch the component hierarchy, deciding on functional vs class components, where state should live, and how data flows via props and callbacks. Consider using hooks for state and side effects.
Convert the component piece by piece, starting with static markup, then adding state and event handlers, and finally integrating with APIs or external logic. Write or run tests after each step to ensure correctness.
Refactor for readability and performance (e.g., memoization, avoiding unnecessary re-renders). Discuss trade-offs made and how you would handle edge cases or future extensions.
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Start by clarifying requirements and scale (e.g., number of users, message volume, latency needs). Then sketch a high-level architecture with core components (clients, servers, databases, caches) and dive into key design decisions like real-time protocol, data storage, and scaling. Finally, discuss trade-offs and potential bottlenecks.
Pro tip: Always tie your design choices back to the specific requirements and constraints you gathered; this shows you can tailor solutions rather than reciting generic architectures.
Ask questions to understand functional (1:1, group chat, presence, history) and non-functional (scale, latency, consistency) requirements. Define assumptions if needed.
Draw the main components: clients (web/mobile), load balancers, chat servers, message queues, databases, caches, and notification services. Explain data flow for sending and receiving messages.
Elaborate on real-time communication (WebSockets vs. long polling), message storage (SQL vs. NoSQL, schema), and scaling strategies (horizontal scaling, sharding, replication).
Discuss trade-offs like consistency vs. availability, latency vs. cost, and identify potential bottlenecks (e.g., database writes, fan-out). Propose solutions.
Recap the design, highlighting how it meets the requirements. Mention any future improvements or monitoring considerations.
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Treat the session as a collaborative problem-solving exercise: clarify the problem, discuss brute force, then optimize with appropriate data structures. Communicate your thought process continuously, write clean code, and test with edge cases. If stuck, ask for hints and iterate.
Pro tip: Verbalize your reasoning even when unsure—interviewers value how you think and respond to feedback more than instant correct answers. Also, manage time: spend ~5-10 minutes on approach, ~20-30 minutes coding, and the rest on testing and follow-ups.
Restate the problem in your own words, ask clarifying questions about input constraints, expected output, and edge cases. Confirm assumptions before proceeding.
Discuss a brute-force solution first, then analyze time/space complexity. Propose optimizations using appropriate data structures or algorithms, and compare trade-offs.
Outline your chosen approach step-by-step, then write clean, modular code. Use meaningful variable names and handle edge cases as you go.
Walk through your code with sample inputs, including edge cases. If bugs arise, debug systematically and explain your fixes.
Summarize the solution's complexity, discuss potential improvements or alternative approaches, and ask for feedback if time permits.
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