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CSS Interview Questions for Frontend Interviews
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Coding challenges to start with
- Selectors & Text: Hero Title + Lead + Emphasis (Interview Warm-up)
Style a small hero header using both element and class selectors. Establish base typography on element selectors, then override specific parts with classes for emphasis and hierarchy. This checks selector targeting, cas…
Open challenge → - Box Model: Margin, Padding, Border
Build a card layout that clearly demonstrates the CSS box model. Use padding to add internal breathing room, a border to visualize the box edge, and margins to separate multiple cards. The intent is to make each layer o…
Open challenge → - Display & Centering: Center Inline Content
This is a horizontal alignment task, so avoid flex unless vertical alignment is explicitly required by the prompt. Use text-align for inline/inline-block content, watch edge cases like wrapping and whitespace gaps, and…
Open challenge → - Positioning: Relative/Absolute Badge
This pattern is used in notifications, status indicators, and card metadata, so the badge should remain anchored even as content size changes. Edge cases include long titles and responsive cards; test overlap and ensure…
Open challenge → - Flexbox: Responsive Navbar
Build a responsive navbar using Flexbox. Align brand left, links center or right, and actions to the end. Use gap for spacing, keep items aligned on one row, and ensure the layout wraps cleanly on small screens without…
Open challenge → - Fluid Type & Spacing with clamp()
Implement fluid typography and spacing with `clamp()`. Use `clamp(min, preferred, max)` to scale values across viewport sizes while keeping readable bounds. Explain why clamp is safer than raw `vw` scaling and reduces t…
Open challenge → - Forms & Pseudo-classes: Focus, Invalid, Required, Helper Text
Style form fields using :focus, :invalid, and :required to guide users. Show clear focus rings, error borders, and helper text without causing layout shifts, and make sure states are accessible (color contrast, focus vi…
Open challenge → - Grid: Card Gallery (2→4 Columns)
Create a responsive card gallery using CSS Grid that adapts from 2 to 4 columns. Use `repeat()` with `minmax()` for flexible tracks, and `gap` for consistent spacing. Demonstrate how the grid naturally flows extra cards…
Open challenge → - Theming with CSS Variables: OS Dark Mode + Manual Override
Create a themeable panel using ONLY CSS custom properties. Define light defaults on :root, redefine the SAME variables for OS dark mode via @media (prefers-color-scheme: dark), then add a manual override using html.them…
Open challenge → - Transitions & Transforms: Lift on Hover
Create a hover lift effect with `transform` and `transition`. Combine a slight translate/scale with a deeper `box-shadow` to simulate elevation, and avoid layout-jank by animating only transform/opacity. Include a reduc…
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Trivia questions for explanation speed
- How do CSS selectors with higher specificity override others?
Specificity determines which CSS rule takes precedence when multiple rules target the same element. Each selector type contributes a different weight, and higher specificity overrides lower ones regardless of source ord…
Open question → - What is the box model in CSS?
The CSS box model is the foundation of web layout design. Every element in a webpage is represented as a rectangular box composed of four layers: content, padding, border, and margin. Understanding this model is essenti…
Open question → - How can you add a border around an element?
Add a border with the shorthand: border: 1px solid #333;. You can also set border-width, border-style, and border-color separately for finer control. In UI validation and focus states, borders signal errors; watch layou…
Open question → - How do you center text horizontally in CSS?
The text-align property in CSS is used to align text content horizontally within its container. Setting text-align: center aligns inline-level content such as text and inline elements to the center of their parent conta…
Open question → - How do you change the background color of a page using CSS?
The background-color property in CSS sets the background color of an element or the entire webpage. It supports multiple color formats including named colors, hexadecimal, RGB, RGBA, and HSL. When applied to the <bod…
Open question → - How do you change the size of text in CSS?
You can control the size of text using the font-size property in CSS. This property defines how large or small the text content appears on a web page and supports both absolute and relative units for flexible design sca…
Open question → - How do you link a CSS file to an HTML document?
Link an external CSS file with <link rel="stylesheet" href="..."> inside the HTML <head>. This loads the stylesheet and applies styles globally across the page. Loading CSS early avoids FOUC and improves per…
Open question → - How do you make text bold in CSS?
Make text bold with font-weight, e.g., font-weight: bold or font-weight: 700. The actual weight depends on what the font family provides. Use font-weight carefully for readability and accessibility; test variable fonts…
Open question → - What does CSS stand for?
CSS stands for Cascading Style Sheets. It controls the visual presentation of HTML, including layout, spacing, colors, typography, and responsive behavior across devices and screen sizes. In practice, CSS decisions affe…
Open question → - What does the margin property do?
Margin controls the space outside an element’s border, separating it from neighbors. It does not affect the element’s internal content (use padding for that). Margins can collapse in edge cases and affect layout flow; t…
Open question → - What does the padding property do?
Padding controls the space inside an element, between its content and border. It increases the clickable/visual area without pushing neighboring elements away. Covers: css, padding, box model, layout, spacing.
Open question → - What is the difference between id and class selectors?
An id is unique on a page and selected with #id; a class can be reused and selected with .class. IDs have higher specificity and are often used for anchors or JS hooks, while classes are for styling groups.
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