What generic topics do you recommend brushing up on before the interview?
- Make sure you’re confident in basics of algorithms, data structure, OOP principles and data types. You also must understand how the World Wide Web works in general and in details.
- It is vital to show solid knowledge of JavaScript and TypeScript. We don’t typically ask tricky JavaScript questions; however, we are always curious about whether you understand how event loop works and other inner workings of JavaScript.
- Be able to speak about at least several design principles/patterns and how you are using them daily. Share your approach on code reviews (including its best practices and standards), unit testing, refactoring and optimization.
What technology stack does the candidate need to have?
- We and our clients are majorly focused on React, Angular and Vue. Be ready to share your knowledge of how to organize the codebase, manage state, deal with forms.
- For advanced developers it is needed to have experience with one or many application-wide features like localization, internationalization, accessibility, authentication, security.
- For full-stack developers we require a good understanding of Node.js, back-end application architectures, inter-service communication. Entry-level experience in DevOps is welcomed, as well as some experience with Cloud providers. Also make sure you have a strong understanding of databases, ways to optimize SQL queries, and be able to explain how indexes and transactions work.
What non-technical questions may you ask?
- You might be asked to share your experience of leading the team and supervising the progress, including drafting technical designs / architecture documentation, tracking the development and helping the delivery process.
- If applicable, there might be inquiries on the identification of root causes of problems/bugs, the method of estimating tasks of various complexity.
- Be ready to show your problem-solving skills, how you decompose the complex challenges.
Do you use live coding to test the knowledge?
- Yes, in many cases we do, when sharp coding skills are vital for the position.
- Make sure you are ready to code a simple challenge using relevant tech stack.
- We don’t expect perfect and polished code, we are interested to see how you approach the problem and how much you can solve in a reasonable time.
What advice do you have for those who are planning to interview soon?
- Make sure your equipment is ready: microphone and web camera work, laptop is plugged in or at least has enough charge to handle ~2 hours of a video call.
- Make sure your internet connection is stable.
- You have enough time, do not book any deliveries/calls that may distract you.
- You read and understand position requirements, including both the width of the technical skillset and its depth, soft skills, English level etc.
- You are ready to talk about your career path, you can comment on each project listed in your CV and share which problem you’ve solved by implementing your solution.
- You are ready to explain your ambitions/goals/expectations regarding new workplaces/project, your motivation including reasons behind leaving current company and search of a new workplace, reasons behind company switches (e.g., lack of work, issues, etc.), big tech stack or positions changes, possible gaps in work periods.
- You have prepared a list of questions / topics which you want to discuss with us.
Don’t hesitate to clarify or ask again on any topic we haven’t covered fully.
