scottaohara/accessibility_interview_questions

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category of questions

The questions below are under dev; I suggest they move to design (or general):

• Describe appropriate instances to use a link, vs a generic button, vs a submit button
• Why shouldn’t you only rely on visual styling to indicate state?
• What are some issues with carousels?

Question use of word 'inappropriately'

Thank you for compiling this list. I am having an interview next week and it is great prep.

In the question Describe an instance of inappropriately using ARIA attributes, inappropriate is generally more a reference of human behaviour.

Would this question be better posed as 'Describe an instance of incorrectly used, or invalid, ARIA attributes.

If there is a reason inappropriately is used please let me know how the word should be interpreted. :-)

Interpersonal skills questions

Can you give an example of where you were able to convince a developer or administrator who was resistant to your advice regarding accessibility to change their mind? What strategies did you use?

Questions that may need re-writing for clarification.

Observations when reading the list of questions and my thoughts for two of them.

If I was asked the following questions I would require more information to answer.

Describe what someone would use heading tags for?
I would ask if this question referred to the <header> element as related to banner, or, level headings as in <h1>, <h2> etc.

What are your thoughts on modifying the way screen readers announce certain content?
This would depend on the definition of 'certain content' and whether it is related to when content is announced as opposed to 'the way'. :-)

Accessible Materials Specialist

How about adding a section on interview questions for an Accessible Materials Specialist. Questions around making sure that Word, Excel, PPT files are accessible and structured with good design. Proper tagging of PDFs, etc. Things that are not web pages or web applications, but are downloaded or distributed electronically.

Translation in French

Hi guys,
I'm ready to translate these questions in french cause I think they are interesting for french speakers.
Are ok, and how czan I do U?
thank u

suggest text resize question

suggest adding:
What are some design considerations for supporting text resize/zoom on web? Mobile apps?

Add answers

These questions are great, but I feel like everyone would benefit from including answers with each question.

You might be able to accomplish this via the <details> and <summary> tags, like so:

This is a question?

And this is the answer.

Syntax example in a README

Yay? Nay?

Self-reflection/professional growth question

Can you describe how your approach to accessibility has changed over time?

Unclear wording on single page application question

One of the questions in the Technical section is:

Describe how you'd handle a single page web app should and managing focus when changing routes.

I understand the overall gist of the question (handling navigation and focus in SPAs) but the phrasing is confusing to me. It seems there may have been an editing error.

ARIA questions

Can you name an ARIA role, property, or state that is not currently supported by the latest version of at least one popular assistive technology?
What other assistive technologies can be affected by use of ARIA, aside from screen readers? How?
Can you give an example of a pattern described in the ARIA Authoring Practices that would be problematic for smart phone users? In what ways?