It’s a new year which means companies are hiring and developers are interviewing. So we thought it would be fun to host a fun game of technical Jeopardy.

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Show Notes:

Here are some of the topics we covered which might be useful to know in a technical interview! You should never have to define any of these things but knowing their concepts and how they work will help you land a job!

CSS

HTML

  • Aside
  • DOCTYPE
  • Meta tag
  • iFrame
  • Canvas

The Web

  • HTTPS
  • Cache
  • Cookies
  • TCP/IP

JavaScript

  • Const, let, var
  • Scope / hoisting
  • Undefined, null
  • Protoypes / the prototype chain
  • Promises
  • Higher-order functions
  • Callback functions
  • Closures
  • Map
  • Set
  • Event bubbling / delegation
  • Functional programming
  • Strict mode
  • Prevent default
  • Type of / instance of

Miscellaneous

  • Stack overflow
  • WAI-ARIA & accessibility
  • XSS attacks / security breaches
  • SEO

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