What a REAL web developer interview is like (Front End)
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Me: Applies for Python position.
Interviewer: How about this Java job?
R R 😂😂😂😂 trust me this happens a lot
This is exactly what happened to me! Hehe...
Me: Applies for Javascript job.
Interviewer: So what's wrong with PHP?
This happened to me with 1010data. They listed Python but ended up spending hours on a test project using XML-macro language they use....
Java pays more than php and is a more important language in the industry
As a developer with 11 years of experience, I went through more of those interviews than I can count. Now, I'm in the position where I hire people - and I completely abandoned the industry standard quiz routine. Based on my own personal experience, my belief is that a good software developer will have a certain mindset and good problem solving skills. With enough experience, I really don't care if they used React before or not. Is it a plus? Sure. Besides, we're not robots. We can't possibly remember everything. That's what documentation is for.
Also unpopular opinion: Fuck redux.
Philip Butkiewicz Hi Sir do you think html and css can get me a front end job. I'm still learning javascript but don't understand it yet.
@@creativitydisplay3059 no.. at least you must know OOP and javascript concepts. Html and css are not programming languages. focus on oop and javascript
"Sure. Besides, we're not robots. We can't possibly remember everything. That's what documentation is for."
This is exactly what I had in mind when I had a handwritten exam. Not to mention "handwritten".
W kuchni u Wujka Bagna , I wish more employers would be that way.
Josh: "It's always a good Monday". No one hires liars Josh.
You know I ain't get that job either 🤣👌
@@JoshuaFluke1 🤣
@@JoshuaFluke1 😂
Lmao
They do actually
Why do I get nervous just by watching this I'm not even the one being interviewed lol
Haha right, almost everyone gets nervois just that some people know how to handle their nerves better than others.
@@mryup6100 I have a phone interview in 10 minutes...this is not helping me ease my nerves AT ALL lmfao
@@leaper7808 hope you did well
This is the first video of this type that I watch because I get so nervous about interviews
Me too bro~ lol. I keep playing pausing playing pausing XD
Interviewer: react lifecycle ?
He: speaks Chinese.
vivek patil he messed up bad there at first
ikr
hahhahhaha i cringed too
yeah he messed up but it was really cute he is doing it for his subscribers and young persons who is loking for a job
"That's a good question" LMAO 😂😂😂
This makes me feel much better for my interviews. You're one brave dude, putting yourself out there being all human and stuff - thanks.
RIP my job prospects.
brave for taking interview? what the fuck?
she is very kind and polite... on my interview they ask me like 20 technology questions and lot of pattern questions and theory... with some "test project"... this one was chill interview...
"human and stuff", lol
@@tonymakaroni2898 brave for sharing it with the world instead of keeping it private you pleb.
I got nervous just by watching you get interviewed
Hahaha samee!
Just at the begining of the interview
Watching him get interviewed, literally made me think that I was the one getting interviewed 😂😅
Me too ! 😂
that was smooth though and so casual, need to practice that
I have 1 year left of my CS degree and know nothing this guys talking about. This terrifies me.
Taco Shower dont be man it is about specific stack
Also, CS !== ‘web development’;
you got an extra equal sign there buddy.
Steven Zhao in JavaScript(and I believe PHP) !== is perfectly valid! !== is strict and != is tolerant. Since a CS track and web development certainly overlap, !=may be more appropriate however!
Taco Shower, I am assuming your CS track has been Python and/or C based? It's all about what you want to do. But if you are interested in the web, Javascript and understating state management is essential and familiarity with a view library such as React or Vue very helpful. The good thing is your underlying knowledge will make learning these things easier than it is for most.
good video there's always a cringy moment in every interview so props for putting it out there is good to show people not everything goes perfect and it's impossible to remember every bullshit keyword in this industry lol too much shit to remember
Thanks! I just want to get something real out there, not mockup this or mockup that - the real deal pass or fail. Side note - if you're open to it - It'd be awesome to interview with you get your perspective on a few topics in the industry!
Joshua Fluke definitely would love to
Joshua Fluke and then we can do something for my channel
Joshua Fluke I usually like to do live shows email codingphase at gmail
Sent! Looking forward to it.
Here's part two! th-cam.com/video/yKpSl3iSN2Y/w-d-xo.html&lc
I first watched this video in early 2019 after I’d just had an interview for an entry-level web developer job, and there was so much in this video I didn’t understand. It really got me down. Through sheer luck (and maybe a lack of other applicants) I landed the job. A year and a half later and I’ve watched this video again, and I could’ve answered every single question. I’ve been feeling really down recently because I think I’m really bad at my job and I’m not learning anything, but this video helped me get some perspective.
Nice. I got the same feeling from this. By the end of it I was like "Holy crap I actually understood all of that! I guess I have improved!"
How’s the job going now
Good sh1t dude, I've never seen someone do a video like this where the interview is actually real and not fake to the point where everything is perfect. This video gave me confidence about interviews. I realized now that even people with alot of experience like you, Still dont have interviews go 100% right. Everyone is human and we aren't perfect. I hate those fake videos where people make themselves seem like robots
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The real cringe is you hearting your own comment xD
confirmed.
thanks for content, man) I laughed so loud, when you tried to explain React lifecycle)
Lad
Give it to us ! Jquery,Json and all of the big stuff react
If she considers this a preliminary call for an interview then im a little scared to know what the actual interview is like.
Lol it was pretty chill tbh
@@hil449 but what about those who are not very fluent in English? 😂
@@hil449 Yeah this wasn't too bad. I'm gonna do a phone interview in a few days and I was scared.
To be fair, she called it "React life cycle" which is what confused you. The proper term would have been "component life cycle".
I once applied for a job as a web designer not knowing the salary. They made me go through over 40 design questions first and when they called me in for an interview, she asked me if I have my own laptop I can bring to the office because they don't have the budget for "some" equipment. I told her yes, and then she offered me $14 an hour for the job. I told her no thank you.
$14/hr for a web design job???!! LMAO!
Sure, let me code up a plain text website with flashing banners and a scrolling marquee LOL. That's about $26.6k a year's worth.
Heck, I'll even make the header font Comic Sans
Lol I can’t believe they didn’t laugh at their own offer.
@@elimarseli 14$ an hour is a lot, here in the Philippines they offer us like 2 to 4 dollar per hour and the min wage here is 1$ as an employee in an office.
That's what you get for being a designer and not a developer.
@@alnashiefmohammad7463i think its worth considering the differences in the cost of living in Josh’s country vs yours 💀as well as your positions in life
_Tell me what you like about REACT._
me : "yeah i like them video especially elders reacts to cats and GTA 5"
this comment is very underrated
its really funny commit 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
when a person reacts to somthing while riding a bike , it's call React life cycle 🤣
Hahahah hahahahaha that killed me lmaoooo
😭😭😭
Interviews like this seem like a dream where they actually ask you proper questions. Ive gotten "If you could be a superhero, who would you be? And why? " Which have resulted in the cringiest interviews on this planet....... I once got "Who do you look up to?" And i answered Rambo :/
The one I hate most is "who is your hero?". I'm just starting in coding so this was in interviews in a different field but I seemed to get that one every time.
(Most likely) won't get you the job but you could answer 'I'd be the kind of superhero that wouldn't get asked a dumb friggin' question like if you could be a superhero...' But seriously though, I'm sure they are looking for something with that kind of question. Maybe how well you think on your feet & what kind of imagination you have. Or maybe not. I'll have to look it up.
Haha I had this once. I've never even contemplated that question before. Just one of those questions which shows you can think on your feet
They seem improper questions, but asking questions like that reveals a lot about a person's personality. You can teach people how to be technical, but you cannot change their personality itself very easily.
"Do not hire; likely spree shooter"
I’ve been a web dev for years and been on my fair share of these types of interviews. One suggestion I would make to anyone preparing, is learn to tell stories. I don’t mean your life story, but take the question you are asked and tie it into an experience you have had on a project if possible. Or anything tech you know where you can tie the question into something you know. You display your level of experience and knowledge this way. Don’t just say yes or no to questions, or simply provide the answer.
Also, some recruiters will ask candidates what questions were asked and can give you a heads up. This is a huge advantage if you can get this information, since you can prep for topic areas before the interview. It’s almost like cheating 😎
And don’t worry about bombing an interview. All it takes is one that gets you a new job.
But cool video. This is definitely what an interview is like.
interviews are always cringey. thank you for having the courage to put yourself out there for the benefit of others. i really appreciate it
This was totally awesome. glad to know that not everyone sounds like a rockstar and nails every answer on their interview! Thanks for uploading this!
When interviewing with HR personnel in first round then this Albert Einstein quote applies: "If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough." Assume that they know little or nothing because they don't. You will impress the interviewer if you are able to explain technical stuff in a really simple and straight forward way. When you interview with a real developer then you can "talk shop" and get really specific with things. It's important you understand their understanding of how the sausage is made early in the interview. Really this is example of just a simple screening interview. I would have gotten some more information about the coding challenge so you can better understand what its going to involve and what they will be looking for you exhibit. You did a great job. Well done. It is clear that you moved to the next round.
This is a great video giving us a view into an important, real-life part of the process. Thanks for being open and vulnerable in sharing this. I could never have done it, lol.
Email after this interview....After "thoughtful" consideration, the team has decided to pursue other candidates at this time. 😂😂
Immanuel George 😂
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Nah, we don't even get an email reply.
This happens to me a lot not joking
@@connorrx8008 It happens to everyone. I've had it happen to me well over 300 times.
I freaking love how you don't try to make your voice sound like a youtuber. You're awesome man, keep it up.
Dude this video is amazing. Now that I am getting closer to interviews, this helps a ton :). Appreciate it and subscribed.
Your lack of eye contact bothers me
Put a doll or something on top of the camera, look at that
Stephan Dvoryanchikov with the interviewer
r/wooosh
how can these people not get the joke
@@viddictify maybe they've never been to an interview or had a job lol
Thanks for sharing Joshua, felt nervous for you. Was so good to see that they are not really much different to a standard interview, besides checking knowledge. Phone interviews are mostly to see if you're likeable and know how to communicate.
11:20
- Have you ever shoplifted before?
Yeah, of course
That's what I heard too lmao
That was really cool Josh, great idea for a vid!
You seem like an honest guy and that good to see these days.
wow man, wonderful video, I always wanted to see what a real interview for a remote job is
like, very nice!!!!!
Thank you so much for posting this, I thought that you handled the stress very well! Keep up the great vids
I don't like phone interviews. I prefer face to face. Even though I'm introverted and socially anxious, it makes me even more anxious when I can't see their facial expressions in real time lol. I hope I won't have to do many of these unless necessary... Skype interviews are much better.
same
I think that's normal, since much of the information exchanged in a conversation is done with our bodies.
The worst is when they "streamline" the interview process to recording a video answering questions that pop up at time intervals.
Totally get it, I had one where they were seeing me on Skype while I couldn't see them. The situation was so weird/embarrassing/uncomfortable that I believe it was the main reason I screwed up the whole interview.
The worst is when you start looking and 3 months go by and no interviews have been setup... You start to wonder if you are doing it wrong or something. One of the first companies I applied for took over 3 months before they interviewed me or even answered back.
Hey there! Enjoyed the video! I don't feel alone in these crazy interviews anymore. You really showed me that there are others who are in the struggle as well. Thanks man:)
Thanks for posting this vid! It really helps to know what to expect in an interview!
Thank you for the interview showcase!
What a instructive video! Thank you! And it is clear how difficult it is for the interviewer to cope up with so many technologies! I understand their side as well!
Thank you so much for posting this.
hey guys, just had a junior react + node interview, here are some questions: How you handle errors in React? How you keep all NPM packages up to date? How you ensure there're no vulnerabilities within dependencies? How you keep code within Node organized? Walk me through your workflow process when you start a new React project? Which are some of your favorite Node libraries? When is it appropriate to use context in React? State vs props? What is an agile shop? ... hope this helps. good luck to all!
The fuq type of questions are those...? Uhhh
Wtf. That's what they asked you for a junior position? that's insane.
This is pretty standard question from the industry I have observed. Unfortunately, they want junior level === senior level, so basically they want to pay the senior level with junior salary, lol
1. You can and should log them using a logger tool sich as LogRocket or sentry. If you have errors, using a error catch on React router you can send the user to an error page. There you have oppoertunity to notify the user that there was an issue.
2. In your github or bitbucket you can use tools like dependabot to track out of date packages. Personally I have most of my packages in Nexus in order to avoid breaking features in updated packages.
3. This is very opinionated. There are different ways sich as MVC or Route Based organization. Really depends on what the team prefers
4. If I have to start something from scratch I either user create react app or nextjs boilerplate. I usually set up my linting and prettier first and then define all my pages in either nextjs or react router. Mostly I have templates already set up trough github templates that I often clone.
5. I live momentjs and React Apollo. They are easy to use, well maintained and has a pretty tiny size for its features
6. Probably when you realize that redux is not the greatest tool in the world for what it does.
7. Yes.
8. I think this is the website of scrum where you can certify yourself as a scrummaster without any real life experience for 60 dollars
Either I need a raise or find a different job. I am a junior according trough my contract lol
thank you so much for sharing!!
You did well man...I once had an interview for a Technical PM position and I got 100 questions back to back. 50 one session and 50 the next and there were questions that I did not know but like my CIO told me after I onboarded, it's not about your answers so much but more about the confidence in how you answer them.
Props to you for posting this. Great for people to see that haven't been through interviews yet.
I channeled your calmness for my interview this morning. Give thanks for the vid!
Did you fail I hope so
Props for putting yourself in an interview, under intense pressure, on display for millions people wow
im a graphic designer and this helped so much man! i had a my phone interview last friday and it was very similar to yours, some questions i feel i answered well and some i was not answering too well, but yeah helps to see not all interviews are smooth as hell.
Dude this is awesome. Definitely amps my confidence and gives me idea of what to expect. Keep up the good content!
I love this video, such a great idea. Thank you for creating this! I have a few ideas that may help others when speaking on the phone.
Please, answer your phone with your own name when you expect a call from a professional contact. It avoids the need for the caller to confirm they have reached the correct person and avoids some initial awkwardness.
Don't be afraid to open with a small story too, nothing too long but enough to deliver some personal tone outside of, "Mondays huh?" or "It sure is hot out lol". Doing so quickly establishes a positive tone and allows you to showcase some of your personality.
Finally, people hire others they feel they can get along with! Your personality and work ethic are your most important assets!
good video - i usually write up my end of interview questions just to pull from them quickly at the end. tends to help me a lot.
this is not an interview lol its a screening for an interview...
This, screening is the easy part.
This def falls under the broader category of job interviews
exacly
Good job Sherlock
I’ve had a couple jobs where my phone screening was my interview
Thanks man! so good to see someone else struggle a little bit with some tricky questions. It is quite normal tbh. Well done for putting it out there for us! :) No cringe at all!
This helped me a lot Joshua! I'm more of a show me what you got type of coder. I have problems with phone interviews, it scares me, it feels like a death sentence to me, public speaking is not my thing. I Will use this as a guide to building confidence. Thanks again, bro
"Why do you like React?"
> It's fast
Lmao
It would take too long to implement React 😂
does that ...does that cover everything?
Hey Joshua, I want to thank you for this super awesome video. I think you did great on the interview. The experience you shared was so raw and helpful. And I appreciate how real you are. I learned a lot, thanks again!
Great stuff Joshua, thanks for sharing, it's very helpful.
This was really good. Subscribed and venturing through the channel.
Thank you for sharing, and to add subtitles. I had trouble hearing what she said at times
You got me with the Witcher signs.
A very helpful video - thank you for sharing!
loved the vid, be easy my man. currently on html &css, i know them but you showed me terminal and things I didn't know. thanks
Hey Josh! I just want to say that I love your content! I love how you keep it real all the time! I love your channel great job!
This was really good, wish i'd seen this before i got an interview for a tech job. I'd only worked retail before that and the interviews were so different. Might just be that it was a remote job too.
awesome vid. Cool to look back on the come up here.
Really interesting to hear something like this. Thanks for sharing.
This scares me. After school, fucking it all up in an interview lol. But you doing this really was great and hopefully you can make more of these in the future. I am starting my CS degree this Fall after changing majors, and I am scared but excited. You just got a sub!
Tanner Barcelos It's scary the first time, after many fails you become immune. Think of it as if you're talking to your friend and be passionate about tackling their issues. You got this! : )
CS degrees generally are aimed for software engineering, not web development. Although some software engineering ideas are taken into web dev like design patterns.
I'm a new grad, and I know this post is two years old...but if you are still in school GET AN INTERNSHIP if you can. I am still struggling to find work and I think the pandemic forced me to compete for jobs with programmers with experience. My friends have already been hired and they had internships.
This is very real. Except maybe that this interviewer knew a lot more about programming than most. Thanks for sharing this.
You're definitely smart and know your shit! Nice job!
Awesome, thanks for showing us!
6:53 you da MVP man this is awesome. Subscribed. I found you from Aaron in Beta.
So.. I've been that course to course to course guy for a long time, and it made me feel pretty good that I knew how to answer every question asked except for the accessibility specific ones. I think I'll start looking for a job now. Thanks Joshua!
This is extremely interesting. Good for u bro! Im so happy to see u stand up for urself.
i really love this video. at first it seem to be a click bait but this was an actual genuine interview. you should do more of those
You made me feel alot better about my interviews. Thanks man.
I just finished my portfolio and resumé and started applying for jobs 3 days ago. Got my first telephone interview and it's in 4 days! Trying to utilize every helpful resource I can. Thanks for these videos, Joshua! Been a fan for a while!
which position and how did it go
Hey, good day. Did you land a web dev job?
So relatable. We all trip over ourselves in these situations. Information overload sometimes. We are only human. Well done for nailing this bro!
Excellent video, thanks for posting. This is very helpful and has shown me that the 1st interview for a development job is really no different from every other field I have been in. One thing that may help viewers with the interview process: most likely, the first person you talk to (phone screen) will be a recruiter that supports the hiring manager's department - as he points out in the end. Ask a few questions about the person's role at the company in the first minute of the conversation to confirm this. The hiring manager gave the recruiter a list of questions to ask and the job here is to give the recruiter enough checks in the boxes to bring you on-site or on a call with the hiring manager. Notice in the video how every time he asks the recruiter if she wants more detail she quickly answers no.
its a good thing to know how the interviews are like when somebody is actually in that stage. it boosts confidence when you hear that, you can handle most of the questions. Am now working on portfolio and i hope to land a job soon. thanks for that
Thanks, I thought the interview questions would be more daunting
Glad it helped.
Man i'm super glad i found your channel. I'm also a Mechanical engineer changing carrears to web-development, focusing on front end!
Thank you very much for uploading this. I have an interview Monday and I'm really nervous!
Well, this convinced me not to be a software developer. My eyes glazed over when listening to this. Major props, man.
The part where you bombed it was actually pretty decent. If it was me, I would've probably ended the call and called her back to tell her that my phone had disconnected for some reason in order to get my thoughts back lol.
someguy604 lol 😂
😂😂
HAHA
lol
Thank you very much for making this video. You really are wonderful, cool and casual, and handled the interview bravely. I would like you to make videos on front end too
Thanks for sharing! Definitely similar to how it happened to me a few times. I messed up several times and looked for ways to saved myself during the interview.
As now everyone shows perfect life in social networks, I really like to watch people showing as humans. Keep the good work!
everything looks inspiring to me, I'm glade I've invested 20 minutes watching your interview, love your Finland flag and I hope you keep pushing yourself out of your comfort zone. god bless u
Thank you so much for sharing this! I will have a internship interview tomorrow, so helpful :)
That was very helpful. Thank you so much for this video :)
god bless you dude
Thanks for making this video. I’m 4 months in teaching myself coding/web development. Gives me hope to be patient and keep working. Thanks Joshua!
It's been 2 years and 4 month since you started. Are you a developer now?
How are things for you now? I hope you’re doing great!
Man, great video. Thanks for the effort. Sounds a lot like my last "screening interview" four years ago.
awesome video, much respect to you for including even the cringey moments. Much learned and thank you
The lifecycle question was one that everyone here in the comments probably understood what the interviewer was asking and we all cringed for you a bit. But i understand the nerves you get during interviews and sometimes you are so nervous to do good that your brain takes weird tangents when you hear certain words. I bet as soon as you watched it over again you probably knew exactly what she wanted the moment you heard it without the nerves of the interview.
For those that are reading this, I also would say that this was a rougher type of interview to have. The person leading the interview (the girl on the phone) didn't do a super good job conducting the interview in my opinion. It was very sterile and you could almost hear her checking off boxes through the phone. I hate interviews like this. A good interviewer will actually create a conversation and find ways to get information of skill and knowledge much more naturally. In fact, interviews like this one cause the person getting interviewed to be much more nervous and trip up more often. As an employer you can miss out on really good talent through a poor interview process like this. Especially in software development because many of the best developers out there are introverted and those types of personalities struggle with this kind of interview.
But thanks for making the video. I think the questions are good study questions for developers to think about before an interview. But i think the company that you interviewed with needs to look at training their staff to conduct better interviews.
J. Alexander Curtis Thanks for the honest feedback
Spot on
J. Alexander Curtis Aza
They wont hire any compotent tech recruiters.
Seen it multiple times.
Plus to be honest its all google based technical questions per language and reading and checking off questions to sent to the hiring manager.
P.S tech recruiter for 2+ yrs.
But I have always been the type to develop relationships and dont go entirely on just plain questions and chat with developers and more of a relaxed convo.
Then again we also have quotad to meet so and bosses in the room that are hearing are calls.
For the most part I still get to know the person then ask some tech questions.
She is horrible.
By the way most of the recruiters are bimbos and politic di*k suckers runs rampant. You know the real ones when you speak to them
I really appreciate you commment, thanks!
hey man.. big thank you for this.. this type of content should pop up when people search on how to prepare for interviews.. shows the whole package where we see the good and the bad side of interviews.. you just earned another subscriber cos of this :D
thanks man
you are damn right about the mindset, which basically keeps me sitting at home and watch videos like these to get prepared for interviews
Thank you so much for making these vids mate
React lifecycle response got me laughing so much.
My favorite part of this has to be the massive bomb 7 minutes in, but it's not because I enjoy seeing anyone make mistakes. It's just nice to see a reminder that even the most seemingly confident people can mess up in interviews. My first phone interview for a software engineering company was around 5 years ago and I bombed like this (actually, much worse). The difference is I never actually recovered. So it is nice to see that there is still hope.
never recovered as in?
@@mukta4689 He's still in a coma, his message was decoded from brain wave analysis.
@@pocnit Lmaoooo
@@pocnit they're now a corpse, coma ended a year ago
@@internetspectator6051 I'm here to sadly announce to all of you that our beloved friend Aimie is no longer with us.
RIP.
You are so real. I like that!!! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!!
Thanks for sharing the video. It really helps.