HTML Elements — HTML Technical Interview Questions & Answers

Opening/closing tags, content and nesting rules.

HTML Elements

  • Opening/closing tags, content and nesting rules.
  • An element is the tag + its content: <p>Hello</p> is one paragraph element. Attributes live in the opening tag: <a href='/marks'>Marks</a>. Nesting makes a tree the browser (DOM) uses.
  • Block elements (p, div, h1) start on a new line. Inline (span, a, strong) sit in the sentence.
  • Trap: overlapping tags <p><strong></p></strong>.

Technical Interview Tip: <p>Hello <strong>Asha</strong></p>

Code Examples for HTML Elements

HTML Elements — working example

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8" />
    <title>HTML basics</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <!-- Comment: structure first, then content -->
    <h1 id="top" class="title">Hello HTML</h1>
    <p>Elements wrap content; attributes like <code>id</code> and <code>class</code> add meaning.</p>
    <img src="/images/team.jpg" alt="Team practicing interviews" width="320" />
  </body>
</html>

HTML Elements — hTML structures content with elements and attributes; start every page with doctype, html, head, and body.

How to Explain HTML Elements to an Interviewer

What is an HTML element?

Tag + content Attributes on the opening tag