Very easy and basic javascript and react questions.
The interviewer was himself not very well versed with the core concepts, he was taking pause after hearing every answer as if he was cross checking from google.
He was asking questions verbally and I had to keep asking him to use some editor to ask the questions as its better to code and discuss, he changed questions himself when I asked that maybe he himself was not confident in writing javascript.
He asked me if I can write HTML, weird to ask such a question as I am a 6 year experienced dev and this is not really expected after such a rich experience.
After a detailed 40 minutes verbal discussion he gave me a list of console log statements the answers to which he could not validate by discussing and he himself had to execute and check if I answered wrong or right. Questions were very very easy basic console logging statements.
The interviewer was very intimidated by my confidence on javascript and instead rejected me with the reason that I am "do not know HTML"
That was a very awful interview experience in my entire career. Would not recommend anyone to interview for such a team where developers are intimidated instead of taking a self-feedback on their own learning.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
console.log around var let const promise settimeout
html5 tags
CSS positioning
I applied online. I interviewed at Advance Auto Parts in Jan 2026
Interview
Three rounds. First round was basic JavaScript language knowledge and two short coding exercises. Second round was building an app only using prompting with AI tools. Last round covered system design and architecture discussions with some behavioral questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
There was a couple of coding exercises, one of which was to implement the factorial function. Both iterative and recursive solutions needed to be provided.