How does Promise.all differ from Promise.allSettled?
PICTURE THIS: ASYNC / PROMISE
Simple meaning
All fails fast if any promise rejects, which is good when every request is required.
WHY — JavaScript instead of guessing?
Why interviewers care about JavaScript:
question about JavaScript.
trade-offs, and what you would actually do on a Frontend project - not buzzwords.
Name the idea, why it exists, then one short example.
End with when you use it and one common pitfall.
STEPS — What happens step by step?
Before you speak the answer, walk the interviewer through these steps:
- 1All fails fast if
any promise rejects, which is good when every request is required.
- 2AllSettled waits for every
result as fulfilled or rejected, which is better for dashboards that can show partial data.
- 3I pick based on
whether one failure should abort the whole page.
- 4Give an example
One tiny concrete case you can say aloud.
- 5Common mistake
What juniors usually get wrong.
- 6Close
When you pick this over the alternative.
EXAMPLE — See it in action
Here's a short line you can speak, broken into clear beats:
Note: Adapt this scaffold to your own project — keep it under 60–90 seconds.
Key takeaway
All fails fast if any promise rejects, which is good when every request is required. AllSettled waits for every result as fulfilled or rejected, which is better for dashboards that can show partial data.