League Android Engineer Interview Questions
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So I'm giving feedback because League requested it. A lot of people mentioned the take-home assignment takes way longer than a couple of hours, and I agree, getting the project to sync and doing thorough testing can really eat up time. The interviewers themselves were great, no issues there. But the interview loop itself had some major problems. First off, the whole process dragged on way longer than expected. I was told it would be about 2.5 weeks from the take-home to an offer, but mine took a full month, which was pretty frustrating. Second, the amount of work outside the actual interviews was way more than usual. For this role, I did the take-home, then had to submit a system design diagram, and after the technical panels, I had to complete a 115-question online personality assessment. All that extra work added up to almost 6 hours, and with 4 one-hour interviews, it’s easily over 10 hours of commitment, not counting talking to the recruiter. I've interviewed at tons of places, and 5 hours total has been the max before. The biggest issue, though, was the lack of transparency. Right before my final interview with the execs, I noticed the job posting was changed to a mid-level role, but no one mentioned it, and they kept referring to it as a Sr. role. In that final interview, one person seemed disengaged, and their questions felt shallow. They asked about my cross-platform skills, and I mentioned I could do both iOS and Android, needing a bit of a ramp-up on iOS but nothing major since I'd done it before. After that, it was radio silence for a few days until I followed up. They said they'd decide by the end of the week, but then missed that deadline. The next week, they blamed a hackathon for shifting timelines. Two weeks later, I finally got an update. It wasn't a standard rejection; the reason they gave was I was too specialized for a Sr. Android role, which is what they were hiring for! Then they said they changed priorities to someone who could do Android, iOS, web, and backend. It's baffling they'd ask me to spend extra time on a personality test and do the final exec interview if they weren't really considering me, especially after changing the scope. It felt really disrespectful of my time. There seem to be serious internal misalignments, and this pattern of bad interview experiences confirms it. I used to think highly of League, but not anymore. Someone I know internally confirmed that no one actually does all the platforms they asked for; everyone is dedicated to their own platform.

I went through 1 screening with HR, then 1 technical interview where they asked several questions. After that, I had 1 challenge exercise building an android app, followed by 1 challenge exercise on architecture design. Lastly, there was 1 cultural fit interview. I passed 99% of the process but was rejected due to a subjective interpretation of a behavioral question during the cultural fit. It's crazy. I suspect they just found someone cheaper but they won't admit it.

I had a screening call that was followed by a take-home assessment that took about 3-4 hours. The judging criteria weren't clear, though it seemed to follow industry standards. I ended up getting a rejection email without any explanation, which is somewhat understandable, but spending 4-5 hours of personal time shouldn't be the norm.