Nail Your Senior iOS Interview: Top Skills to Mention and How to Highlight Them Effectively to the Interviewer

Well, let me tell you, these young folks and their fancy phones, always tappin’ and swipin’. If you wanna be one of them big shot iOS app makers, you gotta know your stuff. This here’s what I gathered about them senior iOS interview.

First thing’s first, you gotta know how to talk their lingo. They got these things called “Swift” and “Objective-C”. Sounds like a bird and some kinda army talk to me. But you gotta learn ’em. They’re like the ABCs of makin’ these apps. One of them, that Swift, seems to be what the young’uns prefer these days. They say it’s faster, like a greased piglet at the county fair.

Then there’s these “IDEs”. Don’t ask me what it stands for. Just know they’re like your tools. Like a good hammer or a trusty saw. They got names like “Xcode”, “AppCode”, and “CodeRunner”. You gotta know how to use ’em, or you ain’t buildin’ nothin’. You gotta be able to use Xcode. It is very important, you know?

And frameworks! Oh, honey, they got a whole pile of ’em. “UIKit“, “XCTest“, “XCUITest“, “AVFoundation“, “RxSwift“… It’s like a whole different language. Just gotta learn what each one does. Like knowin’ which wrench to use on which bolt. You want your app to do somethin’? There’s probably a framework for it. Remember UIKit, this one is kinda important.

They also talk about “Core” somethin’ or other. “Core Animation”, “Core Data“, “Core Graphics“, “Core Text“. Sounds mighty important, all that core stuff. Like the core of an apple, I reckon. Gotta have a good core to have a good apple, same with these apps. It is important to know about Core Data, this is used to save data.

And you gotta practice, practice, practice! Like when I was learnin’ to can tomatoes. Mess up a few batches, but you get the hang of it. They got these online things, “LeetCode” and “HackerRank”. Sounds like a couple of troublemakers to me. But they say it helps you practice your codin’. Whatever that means.

Now, when you go in for that interview, they’re gonna ask you all sorts of questions. They will ask you about Swift and Objective-C for sure, better know how to answer.

• “What did you do on your old jobs?” they’ll ask.
• “What kinda apps did you make?”
• “Did they make a difference?”

You gotta tell ’em ’bout all the fancy apps you made. And don’t just say you made ’em. Tell ’em how you made ’em. Tell ’em how you fixed things when they broke. Like that time I had to rewire the whole chicken coop. Took some doin’, but I got it done. You gotta show them that you can use all of the frameworks, like UIKit, XCTest, XCUITest, AVFoundation, RxSwift. They are all important.

They want someone who knows all them iOS things. Someone who can think up new things, solve problems, that kinda stuff. Like figurin’ out how to keep the squirrels outta the bird feeder. Takes some ingenuity, let me tell you. You need to show them your creativity. Show them you can solve problems with the apps.

These senior iOS developers, they make these apps for companies. Big companies, little companies, all sorts. They need to know different coding languages, frameworks, like UIKit and Core Data, and many other things. They need these folks to make apps for them iPhones and iPads. So, if you want that job, you gotta show ’em you know your stuff. You need to show them you are good with Swift.

They’re gonna throw all kinds of questions at you in that interview, try to trip you up. Just remember what you know, tell ’em what you’ve done, and show ’em you’re the right person for the job. It is very important to prepare for the interview.

It ain’t easy, learnin’ all this newfangled stuff. But if you put your mind to it, you can do it. Just like learnin’ any new skill. Takes time and effort. But if you want to be a big shot senior iOS developer, that’s what you gotta do. Remember all the frameworks, remember the “Core” things, and practice on those online things. You’ll do just fine. Be ready to talk about Swift, and other things you know.