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Posted by S M
S M
892 Points

Web designer - front end developer job interview

Hi, Hope someone can shed some light.

So i have a job interview for a front end developer and have just received an email saying they would like to give me an HTML "test" where i will have to design a newsletter and code it in HTML and mentioned i should have my computer ready for this (photoshop, css etc)

My question is does that mean I have to come up with my own design than code it into a working HTML newsletter or they will provide me with a design to reproduce in photoshop than code it?

Asking so I can prepare properly before hand.

P.S: she mentioned the test will last 1 hour 30 minutes.

Thanks!

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

It's hard to know how they conduct their tests, but I would guess they will provide you with a design and have you make it into a page/pages.

But if you're going to be doing this on your own computer, I'd prepare a sample "newsletter web site" and even if the design is seriously different from what they want, you can still probably re-use portions of it to get the job done quicker.

I would expect that any use of Photoshop would primarily be for scaling image resources and preparing srcset's.

Good luck, and please update with info about how it went!

Felix Yakubov
Felix Yakubov
17,475 Points
Felix Yakubov
Felix Yakubov
17,475 Points

I believe that no one expects you to invent the wheel. Find a basic template and when they tell you what they need just redesign it. 1:30 is enough to css / html style a template