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Technical Screening Interview Practice Guide

This guide contains instructions for the Technical Screening Interview Practice session of the Technical Interviewing Basics webinar.

Interview (5 minutes)

As Pairs in Breakout Rooms...

  • The Interviewer will ask the Candidate the following two tech questions:

    1. Explain the difference between let and const
    2. What is returned by the expression ‘hello’ || ‘goodbye’
  • Switch roles and ask these two tech questions:

    1. Explain the difference between the == and === operators
    2. What is the best array method for checking if an array contains a certain value?

Reflect and discuss the following with your pair (5 minutes)

As the Interviewer

  • What was your goal when asking the questions?
  • Did the candidate respond/react the way you intended?
  • How might these insights prepare you to be a better candidate?

As the Candidate

  • What went well during the interview?
  • What didn’t go so well?
  • How might you approach a similar interview differently?
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