I have hired junior web developers, both those right out of school and those without CS degrees. I look for:
- a portfolio website that deploys a range of recent web technologies. This demonstrates initiative, and also the fact that you can set up a web site somehow.
- some freelance work on your resume, even if it's as simple as setting up a WordPress site.
- a code sample, so have something decent ready, again showing an interest in more than basic web development. Deploying a framework other than jQuery is a plus, as long as you show some sufficient hand-coding skills.
- interest in back-end technologies is a plus even of the job doesn't require it
- in the interview, openness, honesty and drive
- and finally the coding test I give you will show if you know what you are talking about
- a portfolio website that deploys a range of recent web technologies. This demonstrates initiative, and also the fact that you can set up a web site somehow.
- some freelance work on your resume, even if it's as simple as setting up a WordPress site.
- a code sample, so have something decent ready, again showing an interest in more than basic web development. Deploying a framework other than jQuery is a plus, as long as you show some sufficient hand-coding skills.
- interest in back-end technologies is a plus even of the job doesn't require it
- in the interview, openness, honesty and drive
- and finally the coding test I give you will show if you know what you are talking about