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Questions

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1What are React Hooks's rules of usage?

2Explain the concept of React Hooks.

3List all the hooks available in react js and provide brief definition for each

react

State and Props

Class Components

Function Components

Lifecycle functions

Performance Optimisation

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Explain the concept of React Hooks. | Hooks | react Interview Questions | NextRound.in

Explain the concept of React Hooks.

Difficulty: 5/10

useState, useEffect, custom hooks

In React, Hooks are functions that let you "hook into" React's internal features—like state management and lifecycle methods—from inside standard JavaScript function components.

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They provide a way to manage state and side effects without writing class components.
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They promote functional and declarative approaches to programming.

Scenario Questions

0-2 years experience

1How would you add a piece of local state to a functional component using a hook?
2If you need to run some code after a component mounts, which hook would you use and how?
3What happens if you call a hook conditionally inside a component?

Follow-up Questions

What are the three core rules of using hooks?
Can you describe a common pitfall when using useEffect dependencies?
How do you test a component that relies on a custom hook?

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2-5 years experience

1You have a component that fetches data on mount and also needs to refetch when a prop changes. How would you implement this with hooks, and what pitfalls might you encounter?
2While adding a useEffect to clean up a subscription, the cleanup never runs. What could be causing this and how would you fix it?
3Explain why moving a piece of state up to a parent using a custom hook helped reduce prop drilling in a feature you built.

5-8 years experience

1Our team is seeing performance regressions after converting several class components to useState/useEffect. How would you investigate and mitigate the impact of hooks on rendering performance?
2Design a reusable custom hook for debouncing user input that works across multiple components, and discuss how you'd test it and handle edge cases.
3When multiple useEffect hooks depend on overlapping state, how do you decide the ordering and dependency arrays to avoid stale closures?

8+ years experience

1We plan to migrate a large legacy codebase from class components to functional components with hooks. What strategy would you propose to manage this transition while minimizing risk?
2How would you enforce consistent hook usage across several teams in a monorepo, and what tooling would you adopt?
3Discuss the trade‑offs of using a global state library versus building a set of shared custom hooks for state management in a large product.