iOS Engineer Interview Experience - New York, New York
Process
Got a call from the hiring manager, mostly asking about my experience and what I was looking for. I was sent a typical code test afterwards and had to make a small iOS application. About a week after I returned the test, I was offered an on-site interview, which was about 4 hours or so. It was partly personality/soft skills questions and partly Swift/iOS knowledge questions. No computer science questions or whiteboarding. Received an offer a few days later.
Questions
Why the New York Times?
A lot of Swift trivia.
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Interview Statistics
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Success Rate
The New York Times's interview process for their iOS Engineer roles in New York, New York is incredibly easy as the vast majority of engineers get an offer after going through it.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having mixed feelings for The New York Times's iOS Engineer interview process in New York, New York.
The New York Times Work Experiences
- 5.0Freedom to Learn, Build, and ContributeIOS Engineer Intern • Former EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesNovember 13, 2025Pros: The people are genuinely kind and supportive. The internship program is well-structured but gives you the freedom to explore and grow—it’s really what you make of it. You get to work on real, impactful projects that ship to production, not just intern tasks.Cons: You’re typically the only intern on your team, so you may not collaborate directly with other interns on your project. However, there is still a strong intern cohort and plenty of planned events to connect outside of your day-to-day work.
- 4.0Good, but getting worseStaff Software Engineer • Current EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesOctober 24, 2025Pros: Generally a friendly place to work. People like what they do and are great to work with.Cons: They are less and less interested in building great software and more and more interested in short-sighted, quick wins.
- 4.0Good work-life balance. Difficult to grow careerSenior Software Engineer • Current EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesOctober 12, 2025Pros: People are very nice. Projects can be challenging and interesting. Work-life balance is great.Cons: Moving up to senior or from senior to staff is extremely difficult. There has to be a "business need", not just merit. The technical bar could be higher, and pay isn't that competitive.
