Welcome to Part 8 of the JavaScript Machine Coding Interview Questions series! In this session, we’ll solve Question 5 being a classic interview challenge which evaluates your ability to manage hover states, click interactions, and dynamic UI updates with clean JavaScript code.
✅ What You’ll Learn in This Video:
✔️ Structuring HTML for a row of clickable stars
✔️ Using JavaScript to highlight stars on hover and selection
✔️ Managing state to remember the user’s chosen rating
✔️ Providing visual feedback for active, hover, and inactive states
✔️ Extending the component to support custom maximum ratings (e.g., 10 stars)
💡 Why This Step Matters:
🔹 Tests your skills in event handling and DOM state management
🔹 Covers a real-world UI pattern commonly seen in apps like e-commerce and reviews
🔹 Prepares you for follow-up interview questions such as persisting ratings or integrating with APIs











