What I wish I knew before my senior Android developer interviews (and the questions that actually matter)
Everyone studies Kotlin syntax and Activity lifecycles. But the questions that separate senior developers from junior ones? They’re about building systems that don’t break at 3 AM.
Here are the real questions I encountered, along with the answers that actually impressed my interviewers.
What they’re really asking: Can you think beyond basic automation to solve organizational challenges?
The answer:
“First, I’d audit your current pain points. With 15 developers, you’re hitting the complexity wall where manual processes break down. Here’s my approach:
Phase 1: Foundation (Week 1-2)
# GitHub Actions – scales better than Jenkins for growing teams
name: Android CI
on:
pull_request:
branches: [ main, develop ]
push:
branches: [ main ]
jobs:
validation:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps…
