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      IOS Software Developer Interview

      Aug 20, 2019
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Seattle, WA
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Duolingo (Seattle, WA) in Jan 2019

      Interview

      Like others you can find on here, I had a quick non-technical call about my background and all that standard stuff, and then was given a coding assignment to complete on my own time. I then worked for a solid week on it (nights and weekends anyway; I still have my current job) to give them an end product above and beyond the specifications given About a week later, I was sent an email saying they would not be moving forward with me. Totally their prerogative to do so, and I have no hard feelings about the experience (if nothing else, it was good practice and they were very nice and responsive throughout) My main mistake was in underestimating what was expected. I thought this homework assignment was meant to take 3-8 hours. So to be sure of my success, I did what I thought was far more than what was required. I spent several dozen hours polishing it, refining architecture, making it scalable, adding tests, accessibility, documentation, etc, and was still rejected. It wasn’t perfect, there was still more that I could have improved, but I simply didn’t think those things were necessary given the scope of a typical programming exercise like this. All that to say, if you do apply and go through with this, please be aware of the extremely high bar they set, and be prepared to really go all out on this. Make it a product that if you were so inclined, you would be comfortable publishing as-is. Yes, that is a massive time-sink, but it is the level your submission will need to be at to be advanced to the onsite interview phase

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      Duolingo interviews FAQs

      • IOS Software Developer applicants have rated the interview process at Duolingo with 4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 47.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
      • Candidates applying for IOS Software Developer roles take an average of 30 days to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Duolingo overall takes an average of 28 days.
      • Common stages of the interview process at Duolingo as a IOS Software Developer according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:

        Phone interview:  50%

        Skills test:  50%

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