Job Interviewing

Notes/Reminders on what to ask when interviewing for a job.

Recruiter Screens

Some are very iOS specific.

Which particular team is this role for? What can you tell me about them?
Does the team own the entire iOS app, or only a portion of it?
How cohesive is the team?
What’s the remote work policy?
- For COVID-19: Obviously, it’s fully remote, but what was it before the restrictions were put in place, and what can I expect it to look like after?

What’s your tech stack look like?
What are some practices you/the team wants to follow, but has difficulty doing so?
Similarly, what are some practices you/the team does follow, but you wish you wouldn’t?
How do you feel about third party frameworks?
How do you spread knowledge amongst members of the team? How do you support this kind of professional growth?
What’s your on-call rotation look like?

What’s your testing strategy look like?
- How do you feel about TDD?
How do you handle testing network requests?
How do you handle testing that the UI is wired up correctly?
How do you feel about XCUITest? (Obviously iOS specific)
How do you feel about xUnit-style frameworks?
How do you feel about rspec-style frameworks?
How reliable is your CI? What all do you have CI doing for you? (Verifying tests is usually a given)
What’s the PR flow like for you all?
- How is the flow when a PR gets updated after being marked as approved?
How do you verify things work before deploying? What’s the workflow like after a PR gets merged?

What do your deployments look like? Are they automated, why/why not? How automated are they?
How do you address bad deployments? How does rolling back look like?

What do you like best about working at $YOUR_COMPANY?
- What frustrates you the most about it?
- (Or: what would you change if you could)
If manager: How do you feel about your reports
How do you feel about your manager? (Still valid when asking managers, you know. Unless you’re interviewing the CEO)