How to hire frontend developers
To hire frontend developers, test what users see: a real conversation, live coding, a real UI built with AI tools and a follow-up on speed and accessibility.
- 1✓AI screening interviewA performance problem she fixedAriaReport ready
- 2✓Live codingA search box hook, no AI assistantMaxReport ready
- 3✓Vibe codingA full search page in her own toolsNixReport ready
- 4✓Follow-upHer own code and running pageNixReport ready
The frontend developer interview process
Four rounds, each with its own report. Every claim is captured and scored against your rubric.
Frontend developer skills to assess
Score every candidate on the same six skills, rated against evidence from the rounds.
- Page speed
- Accessibility
- React fundamentals
- Building with AI tools
- Reviewing AI code
- Scaling the UI
Frontend developer interview questions
Use these frontend and React interview questions in your own loop, or let Aria, Max and Nix ask them, follow up on the answers and score them.
Tell me about a frontend performance problem you fixed.
How did you know the fix worked for real users, not just on your laptop?
Write a useDebounce hook and wire it to a search box.
What happens to that timer if the component unmounts?
Build a search-as-you-type box over 2,000 products that is fully keyboard accessible and smooth on a slow phone.
Your list renders every match. What happens at 20,000 products?
When the results change, how does a screen reader user find out?
Integrity in every round
Bad Actor Detection flags code pasted from outside the workspace, calls to AI models outside the allowed list, and a second voice or screen.
Your tools, your rules
You choose the AI models and the budget. Candidates work in the tools they already use.
We evaluate. You decide.
Hello Recruiter evaluates and organizes the evidence. Your hiring team decides who moves forward.
Frequently asked questions
How do you hire and interview frontend developers?
See the interface, not just the code. Hello Recruiter runs a live coding round, then a vibe coding round where the candidate builds a real UI in their own tools with the running page on screen, and a follow-up that inspects components and accessibility.
What is a vibe coding interview?
A vibe coding interview is a technical interview where the candidate builds with AI coding tools such as VS Code, Cursor or Claude Code and is evaluated on how they direct, review and verify AI-generated code.
How does Hello Recruiter detect cheating or misrepresentation?
Every round is monitored for integrity signals such as code or work pasted from outside the workspace, calls to AI models outside the allowed list, and a second voice or a second screen. Each signal is timestamped in the candidate's integrity report, and claims are cross-checked across rounds.
What does the hiring team get after each round?
A report for every round: an AI score out of 100, evaluation criteria marked Met, Not met or Not yet evaluated, skills rated Very strong, Strong, Weak or Very weak, a risk level, and any fraud signals with timestamps. Hello Recruiter evaluates; the hiring team decides.
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