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5 Advanced React UI Pattern Questions Every Senior Dev Should Be Able to Answer

If you're preparing for senior React interviews especially ones focused on architecture and UI patterns, I’ve put together 5 advanced questions that go way beyond hooks and props.

These aren’t theoretical questions.
Each one includes real-world scenarios, trade-offs, demos, and full code walkthroughs — all available on IOCombats.

Here are 5 advanced UI-pattern-focused React interview questions you can prepare yourself with:

How would you implement a calendar component with event scheduling in React? - IO Combats

Design a full-featured calendar with day/week/month views, event creation, drag-to-resize, recurring events, and conflict detection.

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How would you build a collaborative whiteboard in React? - IO Combats

Design a real-time collaborative whiteboard using canvas, WebSockets/WebRTC, CRDT syncing, undo/redo, and multi-user presence.

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How would you design a modal manager system in React? - IO Combats

Create a global modal manager with stacking, portal rendering, focus trapping, ESC handling, and dynamic modal types.

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How would you design a virtualized list for 100K+ items in React? - IO Combats

Design a high-performance virtualized list capable of rendering 100k+ rows with minimal DOM nodes, supporting variable heights, infinite scroll, and windowing strategies.

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How would you design a drag-and-drop Kanban board in React? - IO Combats

Design a Kanban board with drag-and-drop between columns, persistence, optimistic UI updates, and accessibility considerations.

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🚀 Want more?

I’m dropping new advanced React questions every week — complete with diagrams, code, and real production-level scenarios.

Check them out, practice them, and level up your UI engineering skills.

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