Today I Interviewed for a Lead Front-End Role
Last week
My friend is a front-end lead who has 10yrs+ exp and wants to change jobs, recently he interviewed with a few companies.
“Today, my interviewer dived deep into some basic questions about the JavaScript language and the ReactJS framework itself. It was the first time someone asked me these kinds of questions,” my friend, whom I’ll call “A,” said.
“Perhaps they see that you’re pursuing a lead role and want to test your understanding of foundational concepts. Did you manage to answer all the questions?” I asked.
“Only some of them. I never prepared that much,” he replied.
“It’s not necessarily about your interview preparation. It could be that the interviewer wanted to ensure you both had a common understanding of the basics. Sometimes they still have time and find nothing specific from your CV to discuss, so they test your depth of knowledge on general topics, especially if they are well-versed in them,” I suggested.
“Why did he find nothing from my CV to discuss, there is a bunch of experience!” He asked.
“Well, maybe he doesn’t know them well, haha,” I said.
“I see, or maybe they are not interested in my recent projects haha,” A said.
“I’m not sure, or maybe you answered all their questions too fast but there was…
