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Web developer interviews are heavy in technical questions. Expect questions that will test your understanding of relevant programming languages such JavaScript and CSS, general web functions, and design experience with web services like REST and SOAP. As a designer, you will likely be asked to show examples of past projects or websites.

Top Web Developer Interview Questions & How To Answer

Question 1

Question #1: Can you describe the most popular programming languages and web services?

How to answer
How to answer: You can be almost certain an interviewer will ask you about programming languages and web services during your interview. Be sure you're familiar with the latest languages and services, including recent updates or innovations.
Question 2

Question #2: How would project managers and fellow web developers you've worked with describe you?

How to answer
How to answer: Employers want to make sure you're a good fit for their web development team. If asked this question, emphasize your teamwork skills. You can discuss your communication abilities, listening skills, and ability to resolve conflict.
Question 3

Question #3: How do you work your way out of coding problems?

How to answer
How to answer: An employer wants to make sure you can work your way through any coding problems so you can be a productive member of their staff. Talk about your problem-solving skills related to both coding and the workplace to prove your ability to work through issues on the job. You can explain your analytical skills, talk about past collaborations, and explain your experience with solving problems on previous projects.

23,590 web developer interview questions shared by candidates

There was 1 hour interview. And interview questions were divided into 4 parts like below: 1) 1st 15 min. they asked me general questions of php functions and bit HTML, Javascripts, CSS Mostly they asked me about php arrays, curl, and general HTML5 related questions. 2) 2nd 15 min. they asked me about OOP, and project architecture mechanism like How we have built the project in our previous company? What kind of classes and functions used for what reason? etc.. 3) 3rd 15 min. they asked me about Database Mysql, NoSQL (Caching) system 4) 4th and last 15 min. they asked me some real problem case, They were trying to check how we can handle the situation in particular case. For example suddenly DB becomes very huge records with 1 million records then how we can manage? Suddenly in single day 100,000 users get registered in our site.. Then what steps we need to do for better quality of speed of site. So in this way my interview was arranged.
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Web Developer

Interviewed at Ubisoft

3.4★
Mar 20, 2016

There was 1 hour interview. And interview questions were divided into 4 parts like below: 1) 1st 15 min. they asked me general questions of php functions and bit HTML, Javascripts, CSS Mostly they asked me about php arrays, curl, and general HTML5 related questions. 2) 2nd 15 min. they asked me about OOP, and project architecture mechanism like How we have built the project in our previous company? What kind of classes and functions used for what reason? etc.. 3) 3rd 15 min. they asked me about Database Mysql, NoSQL (Caching) system 4) 4th and last 15 min. they asked me some real problem case, They were trying to check how we can handle the situation in particular case. For example suddenly DB becomes very huge records with 1 million records then how we can manage? Suddenly in single day 100,000 users get registered in our site.. Then what steps we need to do for better quality of speed of site. So in this way my interview was arranged.

These are some of the questions I remember, if I was asked a questioned I didn't know anything about he was happy to move on and gave me the benefit of the doubt, unfortunately for me I did this a few too many times. :( • Name Common port numbers and if they are UDP or TCP? • HTTP codes, name some and explain what they are? • What is and Explain MFT? • What is and explain DHCP? • Basic DHCP configuration? • What happens when a client makes a DHCP request, explain in detail? • Explain what happens in a TCP handshake? • Explain DNS and its main use? • What is sysprep? • Explain what a default gateway is? • What is the difference between a domain and a workgroup? • Active directory basic configuration? • What are the types of RAID and explain what each does? • What is the registry function?
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Windows Cloud Support Engineer, Amazon Web Services - Dublin

Interviewed at Amazon

3.5★
Mar 31, 2015

These are some of the questions I remember, if I was asked a questioned I didn't know anything about he was happy to move on and gave me the benefit of the doubt, unfortunately for me I did this a few too many times. :( • Name Common port numbers and if they are UDP or TCP? • HTTP codes, name some and explain what they are? • What is and Explain MFT? • What is and explain DHCP? • Basic DHCP configuration? • What happens when a client makes a DHCP request, explain in detail? • Explain what happens in a TCP handshake? • Explain DNS and its main use? • What is sysprep? • Explain what a default gateway is? • What is the difference between a domain and a workgroup? • Active directory basic configuration? • What are the types of RAID and explain what each does? • What is the registry function?

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