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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.

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Develop a 15 - 20 minute presentation explaining your selected topic and featured functionality. Demonstrate the feature and functionality in the application. Be prepared to answer questions about the feature demonstrated. 1. V Lookup functionality 2. Multi-level Custom Sorting and Filtering 3. Conditional Formatting 4. Concatenation
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Technical Trainer - Web Services

Interviewed at Workday

3.5★
Sep 8, 2017

Develop a 15 - 20 minute presentation explaining your selected topic and featured functionality. Demonstrate the feature and functionality in the application. Be prepared to answer questions about the feature demonstrated. 1. V Lookup functionality 2. Multi-level Custom Sorting and Filtering 3. Conditional Formatting 4. Concatenation

Technical questions included brainteasers such as: 1) You have 2 eggs and a building with 100 stories, what is the most efficient way to determine the highest floor you can drop an egg from? 2) There are 10 soldiers on one side of a river & 2 boys in a small boat on the river. The boat can hold 2 boys, or one soldier- how can all the soldiers be transported across the river? 3) 2 trains are travelling, determine all the possible questions needed to know when they will pass each other fully? 4) how can you determine the angle between the minute hand and hour hand of a watch? Followed by technical questions drawing on knowledge of HTML, CSS, Javascript. This included questions about writing algorithms to reverse strings, perform searches, etc. Basic algorithm questions really.
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Full Stack Web Developer

Interviewed at USA TODAY Co.

3.1★
May 4, 2015

Technical questions included brainteasers such as: 1) You have 2 eggs and a building with 100 stories, what is the most efficient way to determine the highest floor you can drop an egg from? 2) There are 10 soldiers on one side of a river & 2 boys in a small boat on the river. The boat can hold 2 boys, or one soldier- how can all the soldiers be transported across the river? 3) 2 trains are travelling, determine all the possible questions needed to know when they will pass each other fully? 4) how can you determine the angle between the minute hand and hour hand of a watch? Followed by technical questions drawing on knowledge of HTML, CSS, Javascript. This included questions about writing algorithms to reverse strings, perform searches, etc. Basic algorithm questions really.

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