Good question for interviewing junior Frontend developer(about 0~1 year experience)
Hi everyone, as the title said what would be good question other than hoisting or closure(I know its good question but since these are well-known and probably interviewee will answer the same. I think)
any ideas are welcome thank you 🙂
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When interviewing someone who is relatively new to coding it's fine to ask a few basic questions to see what they have already picked up but mostly you should be trying to figure out how they learn and how quickly. They might start out not being able to contribute much but if they have the right attitude an aptitude then they could quickly become very productive.
My favourite interview question to learn how someone can think about abstract things is to ask them to imagine a rubiks cube that is 10 x 10 x 10, so a big cube made up of 1000 little cubes. Then ask them how many little cubes would be left if they peeled of the outside layer of little cubes.
If they are not a mathematician you should get some good insights as how they think as they try to work it out, make sure they have a pen and some paper. I would not rule out a candidate if they don't get exactly the right answer as long as they are close and can come up with a method for working out the answer.
Someone who is good at maths will just say eight cubed. Which is correct but you won't learn much about them 🙂
I also like to ask them what they would do if they woke up in the morning and looked out the window and saw a giraffe in their garden. There is not right/wrong answer but the candidates that answered phone the police or perform a risk assement generally didn't get an offer.