Justify choosing JavaScript for interviews
Overview
This question evaluates a candidate's ability to articulate programming language trade-offs, understand language-specific runtime behaviors (types, hoisting, closures), and justify tool choice for front-end coding tasks within the Coding & Algorithms domain.
Amazon
Sep 6, 2025, 12:00 AM
Software Engineer
Technical Screen
Coding & Algorithms
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If given a choice of language, why would you choose JavaScript for front-end interview coding? Compare trade-offs versus TypeScript or Python regarding expressiveness, runtime behavior (types, hoisting, closures), standard library, and interviewer readability. When would you pick a different language and why?