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CSS Interview Questions and Answers

CSS interviews check that you can build and debug layouts without guessing: how the box model and specificity work, when to use Flexbox or Grid, and how positioning and units behave.

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  • CSSEasy

    What is the CSS box model?

    Every element is a box made of content, padding, border and margin. The default content-box size counts only the content; border-box includes padding and border in the width you set.

    Intern 路 Junior 路 CSS Layout
  • CSSEasy

    What is the difference between inline, block and inline-block in CSS?

    Block elements start on a new line and take the full available width; inline elements sit in the text flow and ignore width and height; inline-block sits in the flow but accepts width, height, padding and margin on all sides.

    Intern 路 Junior 路 CSS Layout
  • CSSMedium

    What is the difference between Flexbox and CSS Grid?

    Flexbox is one-dimensional (a row or a column). CSS Grid is two-dimensional (rows and columns at once). Use Flexbox for alignment along a line; use Grid when the layout is a real 2D structure.

    Junior 路 Mid-level 路 CSS Layout
  • CSSMedium

    How does CSS specificity work?

    Specificity is the score the browser uses to decide which rule wins: inline styles beat IDs, IDs beat classes/attributes/pseudo-classes, and those beat elements. When scores tie, the last rule in the source wins.

    Junior 路 Mid-level 路 CSS Layout
  • HTMLMedium

    How does the browser render a web page?

    The browser parses HTML into a DOM and CSS into a CSSOM, combines them into a render tree, computes layout (reflow), paints pixels and composites layers onto the screen.

    Mid-level 路 Senior 路 Browser & DOM
  • HTMLHard

    What are Core Web Vitals and how do you improve them?

    Core Web Vitals are Google鈥檚 field metrics for real-user experience: LCP (loading), INP (interactivity) and CLS (visual stability). They influence search ranking and are measured on real devices, not only Lighthouse.

    Senior 路 Performance