I’ve designed it to go from Beginner → Intermediate → Advanced → Senior/System Design, exactly how interview preparation should flow.
🚀 React Interview Questions Series – Complete Roadmap
🟢 PHASE 1: React Fundamentals (Beginner Level)
👉 Goal: Clear basic React interviews
Day 1: React Basics
- What is React?
- Why React is used?
- React vs Angular vs Vue
- SPA vs MPA
Day 2: JSX & Rendering
- What is JSX?
- JSX vs HTML
- How JSX is converted to JS
- Babel role
Day 3: Components
- Functional vs Class components
- Why functional components are preferred
- Component reusability
Day 4: Props & State
- What are props?
- What is state?
- Props vs State
- Immutable state concept
Day 5: Events & Conditional Rendering
- Event handling in React
- Synthetic events
- Conditional rendering patterns
🟡 PHASE 2: Core React Concepts (Intermediate Level)
👉 Goal: Crack mid-level React interviews
Day 6: React Hooks – Introduction
- What are Hooks?
- Why Hooks were introduced
- Rules of Hooks
Day 7: useState & useEffect (Most Asked)
- useState working
- useEffect lifecycle
- Dependency array
- Common mistakes
Day 8: Other Important Hooks
- useContext
- useRef
- useMemo
- useCallback
- When to use which hook
Day 9: Component Lifecycle (Interview Favorite)
- Lifecycle methods (old vs hooks)
- Mounting, Updating, Unmounting
- Cleanup functions
Day 10: Forms & Controlled Components
- Controlled vs uncontrolled components
- Form handling
- Validation basics
🟠 PHASE 3: Performance & Optimization (Advanced Level)
👉 Goal: Stand out as a strong React engineer
Day 11: React Rendering & Reconciliation
- Virtual DOM
- Diffing algorithm
- Re-rendering triggers
Day 12: Performance Optimization
- React.memo
- useMemo vs useCallback
- Lazy loading
- Code splitting
Day 13: Keys & Lists
- Why keys are important
- Index as key – why dangerous
- Reconciliation issues
Day 14: Error Handling
- Error boundaries
- try/catch limitations
- Production error handling
🔵 PHASE 4: State Management (Advanced Interviews)
👉 Goal: Crack product company interviews
Day 15: State Management Basics
- Lifting state up
- Prop drilling problem
- Context API
Day 16: Redux Interview Questions
- Why Redux?
- Redux flow
- Actions, reducers, store
- Redux vs Context
Day 17: Modern Redux
- Redux Toolkit
- createSlice
- Async thunk
- RTK Query
🟣 PHASE 5: React & Backend Integration
Day 18: API Calls in React
- fetch vs axios
- useEffect with API
- Error handling
- Loading states
Day 19: Authentication & Authorization
- JWT in React
- Protected routes
- Role-based UI
- Token storage (localStorage vs cookies)
Day 20: Environment & Config
- .env files
- Build-time vs runtime config
🔴 PHASE 6: Advanced React + System Design (Senior Level)
👉 Goal: Senior / Lead React roles
Day 21: React Architecture Design
- Folder structure best practices
- Feature-based architecture
- Component vs container pattern
Day 22: React System Design Questions
- Design a dashboard in React
- Design large form-based app
- Handling real-time updates
Day 23: React + Performance at Scale
- Large lists (virtualization)
- Memory leaks
- Web workers
Day 24: React Security Questions
- XSS in React
- CSRF
- Secure API calls
- Sensitive data handling
⭐ PHASE 7: React Interview Special (Must-Have)
Day 25: Most Asked React Interview Questions
- Why keys matter?
- Why hooks can’t be conditional?
- useEffect vs useLayoutEffect
- State update batching
Day 26: React Coding Interview Questions
- Build counter
- Todo app
- Debounce input
- Infinite scroll
Video 27: React Interview Mistakes
- Common mistakes candidates make
- Resume traps
- Live coding tips
🎯 Playlist Growth Strategy (YouTube Tip)
- Start titles with:
“React Interview Questions – Part X” - Use thumbnails with:
- “Asked in Interviews”
- “Senior Level”
- “Must Know”
- End each video with:
👉 “Next video: React Hooks Interview Questions”
🚀 Recommended First 5
- React Interview Questions – Basics
- Props vs State (Most Asked)
- useEffect Explained (Interview Level)
- React Hooks Interview Questions
- Redux Interview Questions
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