very friendly recruitment staff. They made the interview process very personable and enjoyable. 1 recruiter call, then take home assignment on swift, then explaining the take-home assessment, then behavioural interview.
The process starts with an initial HR screening call followed by an interview with the hiring manager.
The hiring manager was late and seemed completely unprepared. He asked almost nothing about my resume or my iOS experience, so I had very little chance to showcase what I actually do.
Much of the interview focused on repetitive situational questions. He kept rewording the same question over and over, even though I had already answered it.
Clearly, he did not have enough material to fill the full hour. After about 30 minutes into the 1-hour interview, he just opened it up for me to ask questions.
The impression I got was that iOS development is clearly an afterthought at this company. That aligns with the low reviews and ratings across their apps.
I have done a lot of interviews, and this is the first time I actually felt frustrated enough to write a review.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Situational questions. Also, asked me what makes a good CI/CD pipeline, and how I'm using AI at work.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Lightspeed in Jul 2025
Interview
Started the process with the initial Screening from the Talent Acquisition
Followed by an In-depth interview about the professional experience and a System Design challenge
Then the technical interview focused on technical experience followed with a fun and thoughtful live coding session
And the final interview with behavioural analysis and situational questions.
All the interviewers are super friendly and helpful in getting into the conversation and information was bidirectional.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Questions about professional experience, Use cases, situational questions, conflict resolution and justifications for certain technology selections.