Frontend · Senior · Theory

After a release, Core Web Vitals dropped in production, primarily INP and LCP. How would you find the cause, and what do you usually end up fixing?

~4 min by voice

How to approach it

They're checking whether the candidate can systematically investigate a performance regression on real users: understands exactly what LCP and INP measure, tells field data from lab data, finds the cause through attribution and knows the typical fixes, rather than just "following Lighthouse's advice".

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Answer by voice

The interviewer will ask this question and listen. Think out loud and ask for a hint if you need one. When you're done, pause or tap “That's my answer”. In about a minute, your score and the points you covered show up here.

Best with headphones · ~4 min