1. Call from the recruiter. Mainly about past jobs. (20 min)

2. Technical call with a senior web developer. Technical questions about HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. (30 min) Mainly I was asked about positioning HTML with CSS, accessibility, and frameworks I use.

3. Technical call with CollabEdit by two Senior Web Developers. Technical questions about HTML and CSS. (45 min) They showed me an image and asked me to type the HTML structure, and then apply the CSS rules.

4. Technical call with CollabEdit by a Senior Web Developer and a Web Developer (45 min) They showed me some code and asked me to describe what was happening there and why. Knowing how value vs. reference types work and how context operates is needed to answer this correctly. I was asked to code the isPalindrome() function and another problem that uses the previously coded isPalindrome function, which the interviewer had difficulty explaining to me. At the end, I grasped the idea and explained what I would do because time was almost over.

5. On-site interview in Mountain View, CA (I did not make it to this interview)

The third and fourth interviews were done the same day, consecutively. I did not make it to the fifth interview because my HTML and CSS were not good enough. Basically, I feel the reason they did not like it is because I did not use the elements correctly. Semantic elements are very important to them. A learning experience for me and a loss for them. I still think I would have been perfect for the job.

My JavaScript interview went great.

The recruiter called me to tell me the bad news. He explicitly said I did not make it because of the third interview. I appreciate the fact that he called me instead of sending an email.

Overall, it was a great interview process.

What are the differences between AngularJS and Backbone.js?

Which one do you prefer and why?

Code the isPalindrome() function in JavaScript.

How would you code the addClass() method (like jQuery)?