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iOS Interview Guide Inside iOS Dev Podcast

Previous Episodes

Episode 8 - Cloud and Backend Services For Apps

What makes interviewing iOS Developers special?

• Apple Design Patterns
  • Model-View-Controller
  • Delegation Pattern
  • Protocol Oriented Programming
• Special Background and Knowledge in Frameworks: UIKit, HealthKit, AVFoundation, WatchKit, etc...

Common mistakes employers make interviewing iOS candidates

• Not understanding their own app
  • Hiring a consultant to help estimate and understand what iOS knowledge is nessecary
• Not understanding the phase their app and whether general iOS developers are needed as opposed to iOS developers with specialties
• Algorithms and Optimization Interview Questions

Interview Questions about building a UI in iOS

• Finding out whether the applicant understands the pros and cons of various methods: Storyboards, Coding, etc...
• Make sure they are willing to work with the team

Common mistakes iOS developer applicants and candidates make

• Not having broad knowledge of various solutions an app may need: Data Storage, Networking, UI...
• Some Backend Knowledge

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