The Many Faces of an Android Technical Interview

[@krasimiracle]

This has been grinding my gears for years: the absurd variety in Android dev interviews is abysmal. Some companies hit you with Android-specific questions, many of which are more suited for an 'Android Trivia Night' than a job interview. Others obsess over Java/Kotlin, diving into such niche and impractical scenarios. And let's not forget the DSA/system design ones - they're the absolute worst. I like the technical challenge and review code format since they're engaging and practical but it's exhausting to crank out multiple projects in a row for different interviews. It's especially disheartening after receiving the dreaded 'we've found a better candidate' email. I've always preferred to start working for companies with laid back interviews where they try to empower you instead of trying to crush your soul. Just my two cents on the state of Android interviews.

[@SriHarshaChilakapati]

In India, there are going to be 5-6 rounds in most startups. MANG companies here ask for 3 DSA rounds after Phone Screening, then one Android round followed by System Design and Culture Fit. - Phone Screening - DSA - Android - Architecture - System Design - Behavioural / Culture Fit Some companies have also asked me how would one differentiate between MVC, MVP and MVVM, what are the different styles of MVC (some very old apps from like 2011 are still being maintained, this is asked by those companies), and some have also asked me to depict MVP, MVVM and MVI using UML diagrams. Architecture round also had some companies asking me to design module, package and class structure for a project like a calculator with two versions, pro and lite, where pro also supports unit conversions. Great video man!

[@odayprogrammer]

You have some pretty good insights, what would someone like you care to find in my channel? What do you learn from my channel? Topics, tech, what is it about the channel you like and would like to see more of ?

[@SriHarshaChilakapati]

@@odayprogrammer Thanks for the compliment. I've found your video on philosophy in recommendations while going through some videos on Cosmological Arguments and their logical fallacies, and ended up finding a like minded guy; I'm an Android Developer too by profession. Now regarding what I'd like to watch, I'd suggest to first think what you'd want to show in your channel. However, to keep it strictly in the Android realm, I'd like to see more of system design videos. There are very few on KZbin about mobile system design, and the likes of Alex Lementuev's videos are often a bit too complicated for beginners although they are a great learning resource. Maybe there's some yet untapped space there. We can also probably discuss specifics in discord maybe. And keep that philosophy coming, I loved that!

[@AndroidDojo]

That's cool man 👏 we need more from this

[@odayprogrammer]

And I need more of this

[@MartinDev77]

If anyone knows a repo for the "review this code" style, please share, I want to be prepared for that kind of session.

[@ritchieren9774]

Hey thank you for your video but, I tried to visit that documentation but notion just asked me to login again and again... and after I logged in I went to my personal site, when I enter the URL it asked me to login... it was driving me crazy, can you please check it out?

[@parth3075]

"I haven't passed it yet" Uber: Wait let me change that for you Oday

[@odayprogrammer]

Lol! Hopefully! Thanks for hanging out in the stream yesterday

[@Icebloodd]

Hi, why is the document still available because i cant open it

[@VishnuMangalasseri]

Is there any specific reason for not using coroutines instead of rx java ?

[@odayprogrammer]

nope, use coroutines

[@techmarinar]

Thank you very much for rich information 🙏🤍

[@odayprogrammer]

Nice name man, tech marinar, navigating the sea of tech