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CamDHall • Edited

I had a phone screening with a recruiter. I spent probably 30 minutes talking about my experience with React, Node, vanilla JavaScript. Then this:

Recruiter: do you know "the DOM language"?

Me: Uh well I am obviously pretty comfortable manipulating the DOM through JavaScript and I'm comfortable with HTML/CSS

Recruiter: "okay but do you know the DOM LANGUAGE?"

Me: yeah I have a good understanding of the DOM interface.

Recruiter: "so you don't know the DOM language specifically, just JavaScript and HTML"?

Me: "No I totally know the DOM LANGUAGE too. Total expert".

Me (to myself): "I really hope that didn't sound mean. It's not his fault".