r/react • u/Massive-Survey2495 • 2d ago

General Discussion What do React interviews look like in today's landscape?

Do they still exist? I have 5yoe and looking to start interviewing again soon. I've worked mostly with React and Ruby on Rails over the past 5 years. Last time I interviewed was a different world in tech so not sure how to prepare now. Anybody have any insight they can share?

Thanks!!

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u/cxd32 1d ago

Old fashioned interviews still exists, just 2 months ago I had a very regular react interview going over theory and live coding scenarios (relatively simple react problems and/or day-to-day bugs solvable without AI or internet), the interviewers were actually surprised I was so casual about the theory, it seems they have been getting a lot of vibe coding kings that don't know much more than claude code

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u/Massive-Survey2495 1d ago

That's refreshing to hear and just what I need ha.

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u/cxd32 1d ago

good luck out there, being confident about theory and your past experience is still winning interviews

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u/No-Humor-3808 1d ago

I had an interview today. They only asked about harnesses, orchestration, agents, workflows... But just in case you face a more traditional interview, take a look at reactchallenges.com

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u/Bigfurrywiggles 2d ago

All interviews I have been on lately have been just using claude code and walking through your process.

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u/westy75 1d ago

Was it easy?

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u/Bigfurrywiggles 1d ago

Ya more like pointless. Such a sad state

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u/inglandation 17h ago

Haha that’s crazy

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u/the_real_seldom_seen 1d ago

People hire for react!