Mobile Architect Interview Questions
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Mobile Architect interview questions shared by candidates
Design a sync mechanism between client and server.
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I explained with 2 solutions for the same problem.
Is IBM Watson just smoke and mirrors
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No , well you work for IBM so that's a weird question .
Questions were regarding scenarios and how I might handle them knowing what I know now.
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Just described specific examples in the past of how I solved this problem.
Round 2 : Design a scalable log system for 1 billion users. More Queries over Dependency injection.
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Round 4 - f2f with technical architect - this was the longest round. Till now i forgot about round 3. This person was down to earth , calm and was keen listener and video streaming expert. He asked questions mostly on architecture and design patterns and was looking to share his insight too in every questions. He seems to be quite happy . After discussion with him i was convinced again to join the organisation. Less
What is a RecycleView, and when/where/why would you use it?
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The RecyclerView widget is a more advanced and flexible version of ListView.The RecycleView provides a flexible model for viewing selected sections of large data sets. It aims to prevent the performance degradation that can occur when generating large numbers of widgets in order to display many data items. Less
Sort array, without using any built in sorting algorithms. Find the duplicates with only one for loop. Design Autofill dictionary for text fields. Design a vending machine. Why would you keep user policies at server side rather on device?
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All are basic and simple.
Round 3 : General Android Questions , memory leak and about projects.
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Friendly disussion with HR . Come to know last interviewer was not engineering head , he is senior android guy. ( quite funny for me now). i was told that engineering head would be taking telephonic call as he is busy. After 2 days i got message my last round results are not good. No worries. because i have also decided not to join after my last round interaction but i was just looking to met that engineering head to change my decision. Anyways it was a positive experience for me. The best interviewers were Director app engineering , mobile architect and Vice president cloud. The office is quite good. The HR team also seems to good ( about the process its ok) I will surely recommend you this company. Less