Episode 7: Sean Allen

In this episode, Paul talks to Sean Allen about how to prepare for a Swift job interview, how to ace take-home tests, and more. 

Detailed topic:

• What's the best way to learn Swift?
• Should you learn SwiftUI or UIKit?
• Should you learn Objective-C as well as UIKit and SwiftUI?
• How long before SwiftUI replaces UIKit?
• What would Objective-C have to do to become popular again?
• What are the three most common mistakes when learning Swift?
• What are the most important concepts when learning Swift?
• How to keep up with Swift's evolution?
• What are the best free resources to learn Swift?
• How should you approach testing in Swift?
• What are the most common take-home tests for iOS developers?
• Which interviews pushed you the most?
• What are the most important non-code parts in take-home tests?
• Where should new iOS developers start their career?
• How to decide which framework to use in a take-home project
• How to ace a take-home test
• Recommendations for creating take-home tests
• What's the best way to prepare for a Swift interview?
• How to prep for data structure and algorithms questions
• How to answer tricky whiteboard questions
• What's the value of whiteboard interviews, if any?
• The most common interview questions for Swift jobs
• What to ask when ending a developer interview  
• What are your favorite/most fun things to work on?  
• How to respond to questions where you don't know the answer?
• Would you ask the interviewer to show you their code before working for them?
• Do you think young developers should also focus on testing?
• What are the red flags to look out for during an interview?
• Would contributing to a big open source project make your resume pop out?
• Architectures: MVC or MMVM?
• What is a senior developer?
• Is it important to know all the Git commands?