Technical Depth & Areas of Specialization Questions
At FAANG companies, designers often have areas of depth or expertise. Discuss yours: e.g., mobile design, design systems, user research, accessibility, interaction design, etc. Show you have informed opinions based on experience and continuous learning.
MediumTechnical
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Explain methods to test and ensure keyboard-only users can complete a multi-step form. Provide concrete test cases, recommended ARIA roles/states (aria-required, aria-invalid, aria-describedby), automation approaches (Playwright/Selenium), and tips for maintaining a logical focus order and avoiding tabindex misuse.
MediumTechnical
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You're implementing a pixel-perfect design for a complex animated component, but the animations cause frame drops on low-end devices. Designers insist on fidelity. How do you approach the conversation and propose alternatives that balance visual fidelity and performance? Provide concrete technical alternatives and how you'd validate them.
MediumTechnical
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Case study: A mobile app onboarding flow loses 40% of users on the second screen. Propose a prioritized set of hypotheses explaining the drop-off (e.g., friction in form fields, permission prompt, confusing CTA), design experiments to validate them, instrumentation to collect required metrics, sample-size guidance, and suggested design changes to test.
MediumTechnical
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Explain how you would set up visual regression testing for a component library. Which tools would you choose (e.g., Storybook+Chromatic, Percy, Playwright snapshots), how do you manage flaky snapshots or dynamic content, and how do you integrate visual checks into CI without blocking developer velocity?
EasyBehavioral
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Tell me about a time you had to trade engineering time for UX polish. Explain the context, factors you considered (time-to-market, user impact, maintenance costs), how you communicated the decision to stakeholders, and what the outcome was. Use the STAR framework to structure your answer.
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