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Mobile engineer

Covers app lifecycle, networking, offline data, performance, security, notifications and releasing to app stores, answered in words. Suits mid-level and senior engineers on native or cross-platform stacks. Follow-ups ask about bad networks, old devices and what happens once a release can't be pulled back.

Suits: Mobile engineer, iOS developer, Android developer, Mobile app developer

Questions
7 of 17
Length
35 min
Format
Voice or typed
Levels
Mid to Senior
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Example
  1. Interviewer: Tell me about a time you changed someone's mind at work. How did you go about it?

  2. Candidate: Our team wanted to rebuild the billing page from scratch, and I thought it was the wrong call, so we put together a plan to…

  3. Follow-up

    Interviewer: You said "we". What did you say yourself, and what finally changed their mind?

  4. Scored on

    • Platform knowledge30%
    • Performance and reliability30%
    • Release and quality judgement25%
    • Communication15%

    Score, reasons and recording. Your team decides.

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What it listens for, and how much each part counts.

Every answer is scored against this guide, with the reasoning written beside the score. You get the recording or the written answers too, and your team makes the call.

  • Platform knowledge30%
    Understands lifecycle, storage, networking and device limits.
  • Performance and reliability30%
    Keeps the app fast and stable on real devices and networks.
  • Release and quality judgement25%
    Tests and ships safely when installs cannot be undone.
  • Communication15%
    Explains causes, risks and choices clearly.
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