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100

What's the difference between Front End and Back End?

Front End - Customer facing / what the user see's and interacts with

Back End - What turns the wheels and makes it function / behind the scenes

100

What's the most common question to ask a Full Stack Engineer? 

"What percentage of your time do you spend on the Front End vs. Back End"?

100

What does a "Migration" typically refer to?

An on-premise to cloud transition 

100

What's the title for someone that collects data and creates a dashboard for internal stakeholders? 

1. Data Analyst

2. Data Engineer 

3. BI Developer 


100

What is the most common language used for any data related role? 

SQL

200

What 3 parts make up the Back End? 

1. Application

2. Database

3. Server 

200

What's one of the only frameworks that can be used on both the Front End and Back End? 

Node.js

200

Is React a Framework or Language?

Framework

200

I want to create a new website, but it hasn't been designed yet, who do I hire to design and develop the mockup? 

UX Engineer 

200

What two skills are most common for Android Engineers? 

1. Kotlin

2. MVVM

300

What is the old school project management workflow and what is the new method? 

Old school - Waterfall

New school - Agile 

300

What are 3 Front End languages / frameworks and what are 3 Back End? 

Front End - React, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, TypeScript, Angular 

Back End - SQL, Java, Python, Ruby, C#, .Net 

300

What is a "Wireframe"?

It's a mockup of a website

- Show's how itll look and what each feature will do (can be written on paper or be a digital walk through)

300

My team coordinates with internal stakeholders, developers, and QA to build an application.  I'm responsible for the success of the application by documenting findings and issues as well as create trainings on how to use the app.  

What role am I in? 

Product Manager 

300

What is the most popular ticketing system? 

Jira

400

Why would a company choose to move to the cloud (at least 2 reasons)? 

1. Cost

2. Storage

3. Security

4. Agility - resources are on-demand 

5. Going through a digital transformation - increase productivity, revenue and options

400

What are the top 3 Cloud providers? 

AWS (Amazon Web Services)

Azure (Microsoft) 

GCP (Google Cloud Provider)

400

What are 2 different types of Hybrid environments? 

1. Partial on-premise and partial in cloud applications 

2. Using multiple cloud providers (AWS and Azure) 

400

Who would you hire to create an initial AWS pipeline? My tech stack includes Docker, Kubernetes, and Jenkins. 

I work on the CI/CD pipeline.  

DevOps Engineer or Cloud Engineer 

400

What framework is most commonly used for API development? 

Node.js

500

I work for a large Real-Estate company and I'm having issues with my company email, I can't login.  Who would I call? 

Help Desk 

500

How would an Engineer connect a player's stats with their name to show how many games they scored over 50 points and under 50 points?

An API 

500
What is Selenium and Appium and how are they different? 

Selenium - used for automated testing on web applications 

Appium - used for automated testing on mobile applications 

500

The NBA is broadcasting a game tonight; I need to physically go to MSG to set up all the cables and wires to make sure the game can be streamed across multiple networks.


I also work with Servers and can troubleshoot any issues that come up during the game.  

Network Engineer 

500

Name 3 types of CMS' 

1. WordPress

2. Drupal

3. AEM