Life360

Senior iOS Developer Interview Experience

May 1, 2023

Positive ExperienceGot Offer

Process

I had:

An initial screen
A call with the hiring manager
A virtual on-site

The on-site consisted of them asking for a self-introduction presentation, which I thought was odd, but I decided to have fun with it.

There were 3 coding sections (see questions below) and standard manager and behavioral stuff. In all, a pleasant team and a good experience.

I would have appreciated alternating technical and non-technical sessions so my brain could rest. I got an offer within 24 hours of the on-site, but didn't accept yet (waiting on others). It's very nice, so I'm putting it down as "accepted."

Questions

Re-design a standard UIKit element.

Linked List challenge, and how to optimize it.

Standard FE/BE System Architecture design with API and latency requirements.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the Life360 Senior iOS Developer role in United States.

Success Rate

50%

Pass Rate

Life360's interview process for their Senior iOS Developer roles in the United States is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive50%

Neutral50%

Negative0%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Life360's Senior iOS Developer interview process in United States.

Life360 Work Experiences

Very nice place to work

Senior iOS Developer • Current Employee

San Francisco, CA

November 23, 2021

Pros: Everybody is passionate about the features that we are building. Management listens to the employees and is reachable. They provide good benefits and remote working options. Management cares a lot about diversity.

Cons: Work-life balance varies from time to time.

Very nice place to work

Senior iOS Developer • Current Employee

San Francisco, CA

November 23, 2021

Pros: Everybody is passionate about the features that we are building. Management listens to the employees and is reachable. They provide good benefits and remote working options. Management cares a lot about diversity.

Cons: Work-life balance varies from time to time.

Diverse company with good culture & mission

Firmware Engineer • Former Employee

January 25, 2023

Pros: Great people and mission with plenty of engineering resources.

Cons: I can't think of too many, but I wasn't there long enough.

Diverse company with good culture & mission

Firmware Engineer • Former Employee

January 25, 2023

Pros: Great people and mission with plenty of engineering resources.

Cons: I can't think of too many, but I wasn't there long enough.

Booming business, interesting technology challenges

Engineering Manager • Current Employee

December 5, 2022

Pros: I have been at Life360 for over five years. Here are some thoughts. - The work is incredibly impactful. Hearing stories from our users about how we helped them with crash detection is very rewarding, and you can't get that at very many other places. On a given day, Life360 detects and responds to over 100 real customer auto crashes every day. I feel very proud about that when I talk to friends and family. Can you say that about your current role? - Strong strategy and vision. With excellent Engineering leadership and the recent acquisition of Tile and Jiobit, Life360 is poised to be a major player in the family safety space. We're sailing on a rising tide that seems to get bigger each year. - Massive scale and interesting tech. Our servers handle something like 10 billion API requests every day, and we have best-in-class location and driving technology on iOS and Android platforms. It's hard. But this is why we look for the best engineers to join our team and take us to the next level of scale.

Cons: - As others have mentioned, the dynamism and changes that the company has gone through this year are real. The vision is strong (Facebook for Families), and the strategy is sound, but there have been a lot of direction shifts. This can wear on the team. That said, we are moving in the right direction, and things are starting to feel more stable and are poised for some substantial growth opportunities in the coming year.

Booming business, interesting technology challenges

Engineering Manager • Current Employee

December 5, 2022

Pros: I have been at Life360 for over five years. Here are some thoughts. - The work is incredibly impactful. Hearing stories from our users about how we helped them with crash detection is very rewarding, and you can't get that at very many other places. On a given day, Life360 detects and responds to over 100 real customer auto crashes every day. I feel very proud about that when I talk to friends and family. Can you say that about your current role? - Strong strategy and vision. With excellent Engineering leadership and the recent acquisition of Tile and Jiobit, Life360 is poised to be a major player in the family safety space. We're sailing on a rising tide that seems to get bigger each year. - Massive scale and interesting tech. Our servers handle something like 10 billion API requests every day, and we have best-in-class location and driving technology on iOS and Android platforms. It's hard. But this is why we look for the best engineers to join our team and take us to the next level of scale.

Cons: - As others have mentioned, the dynamism and changes that the company has gone through this year are real. The vision is strong (Facebook for Families), and the strategy is sound, but there have been a lot of direction shifts. This can wear on the team. That said, we are moving in the right direction, and things are starting to feel more stable and are poised for some substantial growth opportunities in the coming year.

Very nice place to work

Senior iOS Developer • Current Employee

San Francisco, CA

November 23, 2021

Pros: Everybody is passionate about the features that we are building. Management listens to the employees and is reachable. They provide good benefits and remote working options. Management cares a lot about diversity.

Cons: Work-life balance varies from time to time.

5.0
Very nice place to work
Senior iOS Developer • Current Employee
San Francisco, CA
November 23, 2021
Pros: Everybody is passionate about the features that we are building. Management listens to the employees and is reachable. They provide good benefits and remote working options. Management cares a lot about diversity.
Cons: Work-life balance varies from time to time.

Diverse company with good culture & mission

Firmware Engineer • Former Employee

January 25, 2023

Pros: Great people and mission with plenty of engineering resources.

Cons: I can't think of too many, but I wasn't there long enough.

4.0
Diverse company with good culture & mission
Firmware Engineer • Former Employee
January 25, 2023
Pros: Great people and mission with plenty of engineering resources.
Cons: I can't think of too many, but I wasn't there long enough.

Booming business, interesting technology challenges

Engineering Manager • Current Employee

December 5, 2022

Pros: I have been at Life360 for over five years. Here are some thoughts. - The work is incredibly impactful. Hearing stories from our users about how we helped them with crash detection is very rewarding, and you can't get that at very many other places. On a given day, Life360 detects and responds to over 100 real customer auto crashes every day. I feel very proud about that when I talk to friends and family. Can you say that about your current role? - Strong strategy and vision. With excellent Engineering leadership and the recent acquisition of Tile and Jiobit, Life360 is poised to be a major player in the family safety space. We're sailing on a rising tide that seems to get bigger each year. - Massive scale and interesting tech. Our servers handle something like 10 billion API requests every day, and we have best-in-class location and driving technology on iOS and Android platforms. It's hard. But this is why we look for the best engineers to join our team and take us to the next level of scale.

Cons: - As others have mentioned, the dynamism and changes that the company has gone through this year are real. The vision is strong (Facebook for Families), and the strategy is sound, but there have been a lot of direction shifts. This can wear on the team. That said, we are moving in the right direction, and things are starting to feel more stable and are poised for some substantial growth opportunities in the coming year.

4.0
Booming business, interesting technology challenges
Engineering Manager • Current Employee
December 5, 2022
Pros: I have been at Life360 for over five years. Here are some thoughts. - The work is incredibly impactful. Hearing stories from our users about how we helped them with crash detection is very rewarding, and you can't get that at very many other places. On a given day, Life360 detects and responds to over 100 real customer auto crashes every day. I feel very proud about that when I talk to friends and family. Can you say that about your current role? - Strong strategy and vision. With excellent Engineering leadership and the recent acquisition of Tile and Jiobit, Life360 is poised to be a major player in the family safety space. We're sailing on a rising tide that seems to get bigger each year. - Massive scale and interesting tech. Our servers handle something like 10 billion API requests every day, and we have best-in-class location and driving technology on iOS and Android platforms. It's hard. But this is why we look for the best engineers to join our team and take us to the next level of scale.
Cons: - As others have mentioned, the dynamism and changes that the company has gone through this year are real. The vision is strong (Facebook for Families), and the strategy is sound, but there have been a lot of direction shifts. This can wear on the team. That said, we are moving in the right direction, and things are starting to feel more stable and are poised for some substantial growth opportunities in the coming year.

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