A reusable loop for hiring frontend engineers, tuned toward component design,
JavaScript depth, and accessibility — with a take-home review as the closer.
Step 1 — Build the Interviewers (once)
| Interviewer | Persona | Scores on |
|---|
| Friendly Screener | ”Hi, I’m Riya — a quick chat to get started.” | Motivation, communication, basics |
| UI & JavaScript Interviewer | ”I’m Lena, a senior frontend engineer.” | JS fundamentals, framework patterns, state, performance |
| Accessibility & Craft Reviewer | ”I’m Theo — let’s review your take-home.” | Semantics, a11y, component API design, CSS quality |
Step 2 — Create the Role
Role: Senior Frontend Engineer
- Objective: “Can this person build accessible, performant UI and reason
about component design?”
- Skills:
JavaScript, TypeScript, React, CSS, Accessibility
- Use case: Hiring
Step 3 — Add the Rounds
| # | Round | Interviewer | Pass mark | On pass |
|---|
| 1 | Phone Screen | Friendly Screener | 60 | Auto-advance |
| 2 | UI & JavaScript | UI & JavaScript Interviewer | 75 | Auto-advance |
| 3 | Take-home Review | Accessibility & Craft Reviewer | 80 | Require reviewer approval |
Step 4 — Add candidates and go
Add candidates (or share the apply link) and schedule. For the take-home Round,
attach the brief to the Round’s knowledge base so the reviewer interviews
against the exact spec you handed out.
Variations
- Design-systems focus? Re-weight the UI Interviewer toward component API and
accessibility, and add a Round for visual/interaction polish.
- Full-stack? Reuse the System Design and Coding Interviewers from the
Backend recipe as extra Rounds — same library,
different composition.
Last modified on June 30, 2026
