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?