Android Developer

Android Developer qualifications to look for

Android Developers design and improve mobile applications in the Android platform. Your top hire will have solid experience and show a strong interest in mobile technology and advanced applications.

Focus on their portfolios and past experience to find the best value-add hires who will implement innovative ideas. 

You may want to throw in a project assignment, to test whether your candidates can write functional code and design user-friendly applications.

Keep an eye out for candidates who:

• Follow emerging technology trends
• Regularly invest in continued education 
• Demonstrate a desire to learn
• Think creatively
• Focus on business objectives
  

Top tip: Hire candidates willing to grow by making sure their personal career goals align with your company's mission.

Role-specific interview questions

• What Android frameworks have you used most? What are their key advantages? 
• Walk me through security best practices.
• What is your step-by-step process for reviewing an existing application?
• You find a dysfunction in screen reorientation. How do you solve it? 
• You think there are memory leaks in Android applications. What do you do to find and fix them? 
• An application keeps crashing. What’s your process to troubleshoot this? 
• What interfaces would you use to create a user-friendly application?
• Tell me about the Android Developer tools you have experience with. What are your favorite tools? 
• Explain the difference between implicit and explicit intent.
• Do you think there are advantages to using Java (Android SDK)? If so, what are they? What other languages are you familiar with?
• Break down the key components in Android architecture.
• How do you change an application’s name after its deployment?
  

Behavioral interview questions

• What application project are you most proud of? How did it improve your skills? 
• Have you collaborated with developers and engineers to debug an application? What was your role?
• What is the biggest application need you see right now for our company right now?
• Have you designed new features to make an application run faster? What was the process? 
• How do you stay informed about emerging mobile technology? What resources do you use? 
• What’s the last application you installed on your phone and why?