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5 Advanced React UI Pattern Questions Every Senior Dev Should Be Able to Answer

If you're preparing for senior React interviews especially ones focused on architecture and UI patterns, Iโ€™ve put together 5 advanced questions that go way beyond hooks and props.

These arenโ€™t theoretical questions.
Each one includes real-world scenarios, trade-offs, demos, and full code walkthroughs โ€” all available on IOCombats.

Here are 5 advanced UI-pattern-focused React interview questions you can prepare yourself with:

How would you implement a calendar component with event scheduling in React? - IO Combats

Design a full-featured calendar with day/week/month views, event creation, drag-to-resize, recurring events, and conflict detection.

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How would you build a collaborative whiteboard in React? - IO Combats

Design a real-time collaborative whiteboard using canvas, WebSockets/WebRTC, CRDT syncing, undo/redo, and multi-user presence.

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How would you design a modal manager system in React? - IO Combats

Create a global modal manager with stacking, portal rendering, focus trapping, ESC handling, and dynamic modal types.

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How would you design a virtualized list for 100K+ items in React? - IO Combats

Design a high-performance virtualized list capable of rendering 100k+ rows with minimal DOM nodes, supporting variable heights, infinite scroll, and windowing strategies.

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How would you design a drag-and-drop Kanban board in React? - IO Combats

Design a Kanban board with drag-and-drop between columns, persistence, optimistic UI updates, and accessibility considerations.

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๐Ÿš€ Want more?

Iโ€™m dropping new advanced React questions every week โ€” complete with diagrams, code, and real production-level scenarios.

Check them out, practice them, and level up your UI engineering skills.

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