FrontendTable-stakesLegacyAround since 2006
Sass / LESS
Also written as SCSS
CSS preprocessors that add features like variables and nesting to plain CSS, compiled into standard CSS for the browser.
Think of it like
Like a shorthand recipe notation, with reusable sub-recipes and substitutions, that gets 'translated' into the plain, full recipe a kitchen actually follows.
Junior or senior?
Junior sounds like
Lists Sass as a skill without noting it's aging.
Senior sounds like
Can explain why their team chose a preprocessor over a newer utility framework like Tailwind — a deliberate call, not just inertia.
Ask them
“What made your team choose a CSS preprocessor over a utility framework like Tailwind?”