Episode 7: Sean Allen Swiftly Speaking

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?