🔥 Accenture Front-End Developer Interview Experience

Overview

This document details the interview process for a Senior Front-End Developer role at Accenture. The process was highly practical, scenario-based, and focused on real-world front-end problem-solving. The skill round alone lasted over an hour, indicating the depth and breadth of technical assessment.

Interview Rounds

The interview process comprised several key areas:

JavaScript — Core Concepts & Output-Based Questions

This section assessed the candidate's understanding of JavaScript internals, edge cases, and output-based puzzles. Key concepts covered included:

var vs let vs const (scoping, hoisting, redeclaration)
Hoisting and JavaScript's handling of variables/functions in the creation phase
Temporal Dead Zone (TDZ)
== vs === and type coercion pitfalls
Closures & lexical scope
Evolution of async handling: Callback Hell → Promises → async/await
Event Loop (microtasks, macrotasks, execution order)
Sync vs async execution
Output-based questions around closures, hoisting, scope shadowing, TDZ, and tricky variable behavior

React — Deep Scenario-Based Questions

React questions were practical and scenario-driven, requiring explanations of real production solutions. Topics covered included:

Smart form handling strategies
State management (controlled components, local vs global state)
Rationale for placing fetch API calls inside useEffect
Hooks: useState, useEffect, useCallback, useMemo
Context API vs Redux — when to choose which
Prop drilling and how to avoid it
React Router: Absolute vs relative paths
Virtual DOM & reconciliation
Performance Optimisation Techniques: Memoization and Code splitting
Techniques for reducing a 5-second homepage load time
Importance of keys in lists
React lifecycle (especially how useEffect behaves)
Avoiding unnecessary re-renders
Error handling and retry logic for APIs

Git — Real Production-Level Scenarios

The Git section focused on practical day-to-day challenges developers face in large teams. Questions included:

How to revert a pushed commit
How to safely switch branches without losing uncommitted changes
Handling merge conflicts efficiently

Key Takeaways