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Frontend Fundamentals Questions

Demonstrate foundational knowledge of frontend web technologies and constraints relevant to product and design decisions. Topics include layout systems such as flexbox and grid, responsive breakpoints and mobile considerations, browser compatibility and rendering implications, animation and performance trade offs, accessibility markup and semantics, and effective communication and handoff with frontend engineers. The goal is pragmatic awareness of what is technically feasible, common pitfalls, and how frontend constraints influence design choices.

MediumTechnical
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A designer requests an animation that fades and reflows a long list of 100 items when toggling sort order. Explain the performance implications and propose alternatives that balance perceived motion and performance.
EasyTechnical
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Describe how CSS Flexbox handles cross-axis alignment (align-items and align-self). Provide a short scenario where using align-self would solve a design need without restructuring DOM.
MediumTechnical
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Explain cross-origin resource constraints that affect designers (e.g., embedding fonts, images, iframes). Provide two examples of design features that may break under CORS and how you would mitigate them.
HardSystem Design
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Design a responsive navigation component for small-screen devices that supports 1) progressive enhancement for JavaScript-disabled environments, 2) keyboard accessibility, and 3) good performance on low-end devices. Describe the HTML/CSS/JS approach and trade-offs.
MediumTechnical
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Design a small experiment to evaluate whether adding micro-interactions (e.g., subtle hover animations on cards) increases perceived usability without harming performance. Describe metrics, experiment design, and acceptance criteria.

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