Live coding scorecard for frontend: component building, state management, and accessibility.
Evaluates how the candidate breaks down the problem before writing code.
Candidate asks clarifying questions, identifies requirements and edge cases upfront, and outlines a component hierarchy before coding. They communicate their plan before diving in.
Candidate starts coding immediately without understanding the problem, doesn't ask clarifying questions, or cannot break the UI into logical components.
Assesses the quality of component design, prop interfaces, and state management decisions during live coding.
Candidate creates well-scoped components with clean prop interfaces, places state at the appropriate level, and separates concerns between presentational and container logic. Components are naturally extensible.
Candidate builds one monolithic component, passes excessive props, or puts all state at the top level without justification. No thought given to reusability.
Evaluates ability to implement visual designs using CSS with proper techniques.
Candidate uses modern CSS confidently (flexbox, grid, custom properties), writes maintainable styles, handles responsive behavior, and considers cross-browser edge cases.
Candidate cannot center a div, relies on magic numbers and absolute positioning for everything, or is unable to implement basic responsive behavior.
Assesses the quality, readability, and correctness of the code written during the interview.
Candidate writes clean, readable code with meaningful variable names. They handle loading, error, and empty states. Code is well-organized and demonstrates fluency with modern JavaScript/TypeScript.
Candidate's code is messy, uses single-letter variable names, ignores error states, or demonstrates fundamental misunderstanding of JavaScript patterns.
Evaluates whether the candidate considers accessibility and UX without being prompted.
Candidate uses semantic HTML naturally, considers keyboard navigation, adds ARIA attributes where needed, and thinks about focus management. They mention a11y without being prompted.
Candidate uses only div and span elements, ignores keyboard accessibility, or has never heard of ARIA roles.
Assesses how the candidate handles bugs, feedback, and iterative changes during the coding session.
Candidate debugs methodically using browser tools, reads error messages carefully, and adapts to new requirements without panic. They identify refactoring opportunities proactively.
Candidate makes random changes hoping something works, cannot read error messages effectively, or becomes flustered and shuts down when requirements change.
Interview notes go here...
Develop native Android applications using Kotlin and Jetpack Compose.
Lead and grow an engineering team while driving execution on product roadmap and technical strategy.
Build responsive, accessible web interfaces using modern JavaScript frameworks.