Acing the Frontend Interview

An excellent user interface is critical for any customer-facing application, and hiring managers are looking for only the very best frontend engineers. But how do you prove your knowledge and skill to a potential employer? Acing the Frontend Interview shows you how to stand out from the crowd in frontend interviews with a proven strategy to anticipate questions, answer them confidently, and present your portfolio to best effect. You’ll also sharpen your mastery of the frontend stack, including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, and React, and get a valuable full-stack perspective by exploring system design fundamentals, microservices architecture, AI tools, and more.

In Acing the Frontend Interview, you will master a structured approach to tackle every stage of the hiring process, including how to:

• Navigate each interview stage with confidence
• Integrate frontend applications with backend APIs in modern, service-based systems
• Use the “funneling” interview technique to show your breadth of knowledge
• Present your work using the RADIO framework for project walkthroughs
• Structure clear answers to behavioral questions using the STAR method
• Apply advanced React principles, patterns, and ecosystem tools
• Implement distributed system design concepts and microservices architectures
• Use AI-powered tools to accelerate development and enhance frontend interview preparation

With over 20 years of experience building enterprise software and leading frontend teams at successful startups and Fortune 500 companies, Jennifer Fu has seen the interview process from both sides of the table. In Acing the Frontend Interview she shows you how to navigate the whole process—recruiter screening, frontend technical screening, full loop, decision—and communicate your impeccable skills with handy funneling techniques.