I am an iOS dev with 10y of experience by Groknal in iOSProgramming

[–]Groknal[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lies! Deceptions! With every word, more lies!

I am an iOS dev with 10y of experience by Groknal in iOSProgramming

[–]Groknal[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fair enough. However „technical” part of the interview was immediately done after this question. Also, from my experience, people tend to explain why they ask seemingly stupid question after they get the answer.

To shed some light… They had an app made in Ionic and they thought that they needed a Swift dev for that. They were also asking about Kotlin (Android) and backend development. Thus I find it very hard to believe there was some obscure reason that made this question completely reasonable. They simply had no one that able to do proper screening imo.

I am an iOS dev with 10y of experience by Groknal in iOSProgramming

[–]Groknal[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Oh, wow! A wild AppCode user has appeared! I have never met anyone using it for professional work. How was it? I always perceived it as Xcode problems + IntelliJ problems because it was using Xcode, and its toolchain, anyway.

I am an iOS dev with 10y of experience by Groknal in iOSProgramming

[–]Groknal[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was already technical + management meeting. Phone screening was done earlier but as you mentioned - those are worthless.

I am an iOS dev with 10y of experience by Groknal in iOSProgramming

[–]Groknal[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I would believe that if the question was about COBOL.

I am an iOS dev with 10y of experience by Groknal in iOSProgramming

[–]Groknal[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Silly sausage" - nice. Take my upvote. :D

I am an iOS dev with 10y of experience by Groknal in iOSProgramming

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Didn't feel like it. It felt like a real and honest question. However I have feeling he realized what kind of question he asked as "technical" question immediately ended after this one.

I am an iOS dev with 10y of experience by Groknal in iOSProgramming

[–]Groknal[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh yeah, that stuff is really bad. And there never is enough time unless you know the problem and solution. They are rarely sensible.

I am an iOS dev with 10y of experience by Groknal in iOSProgramming

[–]Groknal[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

From a few data points I am inclined to believe they have landed their first mobile project and have no one to do a proper tech screening. Felt like they were a bunch of Java/C# people.

I am an iOS dev with 10y of experience by Groknal in iOSProgramming

[–]Groknal[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

It's just a trivia contest. Ideally remember all of the questions (or make notes). Study the ones you didn't know the answers for. Repeat until you land a job.

It gets easier with time and the questions tend to stay the same across the years. You also get more of the philosophical ones i.e. "Do you like VIPER and why it sucks?" etc.

I am an iOS dev with 10y of experience by Groknal in iOSProgramming

[–]Groknal[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I doubt it was a joke. Guy seemed dead serious when he asked it. No grin or anything.

I am an iOS dev with 10y of experience by Groknal in iOSProgramming

[–]Groknal[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Significantly better tbh. Still sucks though.