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Culling bad questions. 

Trivia-y ones that don't speak well to candidates experience. Or just old.

This needs more mobile-focused questions, and performance coverage.
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### General Questions:
* What version control systems have you used (Git, SVN etc.)?
* What is your preferred development environment? (OS, Editor, Browsers, Tools etc.)
* Talk about your preferred development environment. (OS, Editor, Browsers, Tools etc.)
* Can you describe your workflow when you create a web page?
* Can you describe the difference between progressive enhancement and graceful degradation?
* Bonus points for describing feature detection
* Explain what "Semantic HTML" means.
* What browser do you primarily develop in and what developer tools do you use?
* How would you optimize a websites assets/resources?
* Looking for a number of solutions which can include:
* File concatenation
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* Write a simple slideshow page
* Bonus points if it does not use JS.
* What tools do you use to test your code's performance?
* JSPerf (http://jsperf.com/)
* Dromaeo (http://dromaeo.com/)
* etc.
* Profiler, JSPerf, Dromaeo
* If you could master one technology this year, what would it be?
* Explain the importance of standards and standards bodies.
* What is FOUC? How do you avoid FOUC?
### HTML-Specific Questions:
* What's a `doctype` do, and how many can you name?
* What's a `doctype` do?
* What's the difference between standards mode and quirks mode?
* What are the limitations when serving XHTML pages?
* Are there any problems with serving pages as `application/xhtml+xml`?
* How do you serve a page with content in multiple languages?
* What kind of things must you be wary of when design or developing for multilingual sites?
* Can you use XHTML syntax in HTML5?
* How do you use XML in HTML5?
* What are `data-` attributes good for?
* What are the content models in HTML4 and are they different in HTML5?
* Consider HTML5 as an open web platform. What are the building blocks of HTML5?
* Describe the difference between cookies, sessionStorage and localStorage.
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* Explain how prototypal inheritance works
* How do you go about testing your JavaScript?
* AMD vs. CommonJS?
* Which JavaScript libraries have you used?
* Have you ever looked at the source code of the libraries/frameworks you use?
* What's a hashtable?
* What are `undefined` and `undeclared` variables?
* What is a closure, and how/why would you use one?
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* Any familiarity with styling SVG?
* How do you optimize your webpages for print?
* What are some of the "gotchas" for writing efficient CSS?
* Do you use CSS preprocessors? (SASS, Compass, Stylus, LESS)
* What are the advantages/disadvantages of using CSS preprocessors? (SASS, Compass, Stylus, LESS)
* If so, describe what you like and dislike about the CSS preprocessors you have used.
* How would you implement a web design comp that uses non-standard fonts?
* Webfonts (font services like: Google Webfonts, Typekit etc.)
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### Optional fun Questions:
* What's the coolest thing you've ever coded, what are you most proud of?
* Do you know the HTML5 gang sign?
* Are you now, or have you ever been, on a boat.
* What are your favorite parts about the developer tools you use?
* Do you have any pet projects? What kind?
* Explain the significance of "cornify".
* On a piece of paper, write down the letters A B C D E vertically. Now put these in descending order without writing one line of code.
* Wait and see if they turn the paper upside down
* Pirate or Ninja?
* Bonus if it's a combo and a good reason was given (+2 for zombie monkey pirate ninjas)
* If not Web Development, what would you be doing?
* Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego?
* Hint: their answer is always wrong
* What's your favorite feature of Internet Explorer?
* Complete this sentence: Brendan Eich and Doug Crockford are the __________ of javascript.
* jQuery: a great library or the greatest library? Discuss.
* http://www.w3schools.com/ or http://w3fools.com/