Front-End Developer

Give me the URL of one WordPress site you built (type it out, short URLs are fine) and tell me exactly which parts are yours: theme from scratch or child theme, which templates, which custom code. If it started from a theme or template kit, say so. I will open it.

You receive a finished Figma file for a 6-page site. Walk me through your real workflow, step by step, from opening the file to pixel-checking the build. Specifically: what do you set up in Elementor FIRST, before touching any section, and why?

Describe one real instance where a design needed a layout Elementor's widgets could not produce. What did you do: custom CSS, HTML widget, a custom widget in PHP, Loop or Theme Builder? Show me the decision, not just the tool.

What actually changed between Elementor's old Section/Column model and Flexbox containers, and what breaks when you convert an old page? If you have done a conversion, tell me what surprised you.

One specific page where Elementor itself was the obstacle. What exactly broke or would not work, and what did you do about it?

Name the situations where you would tell a client Elementor is the wrong choice, and what you would use instead.

An Elementor page shows LCP of 4.8 seconds on mobile, loading elementor-frontend.min.js plus a dozen widget CSS files. Your first three fixes, in the order you would do them, and why that order.

Client has approved the design. Describe your real process from that moment to live: where you stage, how you back up, how you migrate, what you do about DNS and caching, and your post-launch checklist. The unglamorous details are the answer.

Walk me through a field architecture you actually built: what the content was, where you chose a repeater versus flexible content and why, and how you moved field groups between staging and live without re-clicking them in the admin.

A template calls get_field() and gets nothing, but the field clearly has a value in the admin. Name three causes you have personally hit, and how you diagnosed each.

What problem did it solve, which hooks and filters did it use (name the real ones), and what would you rewrite about it today?

Explain the difference between an action and an filter in one breath, then give one real example of each from code you wrote recently. Not textbook examples; yours.

A client's live WordPress site on shared hosting shows a white screen. You have FTP and hosting-panel access, no staging. Your first ten minutes, step by step, in order.

What have you actually shipped on Shopify: theme sections, customisations, apps? And name one Shopify CLI or theme-deployment gotcha that has personally bitten you. If you have never used the CLI, say that plainly.

A client on a Dawn-based theme wants a custom homepage section where marketing can build product bundles themselves, no developer needed for edits. How do you build it with sections, blocks and schema settings, and at what point do the limits force an app instead?

What is the difference between editing theme code in the Shopify admin editor and working locally with theme pull and push, and what can go wrong when both are happening on the same store?

What have you shipped in Webflow, and when is Webflow the WRONG tool? If your Webflow experience is thin, say so and tell me how you would get productive in it.

A client runs their marketing site on Webflow and wants a WordPress blog on the same domain for SEO. Lay out the real options (subdomain, subdirectory via proxy, migrating one side) and the trade-offs of each. Which would you recommend and why?

What makes a layout look cheap? Give me three concrete tells you actually look for, not principles from a course.

A 5-page marketing site from a finished Figma file, built in Elementor: how many hours, honestly? Now I give you half that time: what do you cut, and what do you refuse to cut?

Mid-project, the client sends a new Figma with a redesigned header across all 14 pages and calls it a small change they expect free. Write the exact message you would send back. Word for word, as you would send it.

You push a change on Friday at 6pm. The client's checkout breaks and you cannot reach anyone on their side. What do you do right now, tonight, and what do you change in how you work so this never happens again?

Spend ten minutes on sproutsagesolutions.com. Tell me the ONE thing you would fix first and why that one. There is no trick; I want to see what you notice and what you prioritise.

Of everything above (WordPress, Elementor, ACF, plugins, Shopify, Webflow, performance, design), which is your weakest and how weak, really? 'I have never used X' is a fine answer and scores better than a bluff.

Many people will apply. Give me the one real reason to pick you. No buzzwords, no passion, no fast learner. One concrete reason with evidence.

Your city and state, hours per week available, expected monthly salary in INR, notice period or earliest start, current job or client commitments, and your setup: laptop specs, internet, power backup.