How to Hire a Good JavaScript Developer.

How to Hire a Good JavaScript Developer...

As with any technology, there’s knowing JavaScript and then there’s really knowing JavaScript.

Let me share a couple of proven & effective techniques and questions for finding true masters of the language.

Note:

These sample questions are intended merely as a guide.

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Not every candidate worth hiring will be able to properly answer them all, nor does answering them all guarantee a candidate.

At the end of the day, hiring remains as much of an art as it does a science.

JavaScript is in the world of tech today has become fundamental.

Hiring a well-qualified and talented JavaScript developer can be a problem.

During the interview, it’s important to test the knowledge of a candidate.

JS developer skill set that every specialist should have.

• Problem-solving.
• Creativity.
• Work in a team.
• Follow trends.

Q1: Describe inheritance and the prototype chain in JavaScript.

Here’s a simple example:

Q2: Consider the code snippet below (source).

What will the alert display?

Explain your answer.

Q3: Explain closures in JavaScript.

• What are they?
• What are some of their unique features?
• How and why might you want to use them?
• Provide an example.

Q4: Is there ever any practical difference between defining a function as a function expression

e.g.., var foo = function(){}

OR

As a function statement

e.g., function foo(){}

Explain your answer.

Q5: How can JavaScript be used to improve accessibility on the web?

Q6: What does 'use strict' mean at the top of a block of code?

Q7: What does the term 'hoisting' mean in reference to JavaScript?

Q8: What is the difference between == and ===?

Between != and !==?

Give an example?

In the end,

Good soft skills are also important because they allow candidates to be effective in the workplace.

• Conflict management
• Creativity
• Decision making
• Teamwork
• Response to specific actions

If you’re a beginner at JavaScript and want to learn JavaScript e2e concepts, here’s a great course by Robin aka WellPaidGeek who is coding for 20+ years.

I highly recommend buying this course.

Here is the link if someone is interested.

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Comments

[Shinigami]

Why should most of these questions be asked in the first place?

I would strongly recommend using TypeScript, and that will prevent at least some of these examples.

I would like to be tested with more real / daily work examples instead of these extreme cases, some of which I have never seen in my last 4 years in the JS industry ...

At least Q4, Q5, Q6 and Q8 are okayish questions

[yanaclrd]

Great! Thank you for this recommendations, I think these questions help to hire javascript programmer and choose the best.