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The re-screening tax
SwiftUI is on every iOS CV now. Whether the candidate can handle concurrency, memory and a failed release takes an engineer to judge, so every CV comes to you for a second read, on top of the day job.
iOS developer recruitmentClients in the UK, Europe and USA
The CV says SwiftUI. It can’t tell you how their last release went.
Apple platform depth doesn’t show on a CV. A mobile developer reads every one before you do, so the candidates you meet can build, test and ship to the App Store reliably.
Where your hiring time goes
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The CV stopped being evidence
- The CV saysSwift, SwiftUI, UIKit
- It can’t tell youWhether they understand lifecycles, value and reference semantics, memory and structured concurrency, or when UIKit is still needed.
- The CV saysCore Data, CoreBluetooth, APNs
- It can’t tell youHow they handle cancellation, offline state, background execution and recovery from inconsistent device state.
- The CV saysTestFlight, App Store Connect
- It can’t tell youWhat they do when a release fails review or crashes in production.
If you run hiring for engineering
You need CVs that pass engineering’s interview, so you can send a shortlist it trusts. An engineer reads every CV before it reaches you. Fewer CVs, but better ones.
58%
of HR and recruitment leads who use agencies say the main reason engineering rejects agency candidates is that the CV looked good, but the person couldn’t do the job.
What the CV can’t tell you, and our interview does
A developer or CTO who works in the stack interviews every candidate. Each of these is a question you would otherwise only answer in your own interview.
Apple platform fundamentals
Whether they can reason through app and scene lifecycles, Swift semantics, memory management and structured concurrency, and choose sensibly between SwiftUI and UIKit.
Data and integrations
How they handle cancellation, threading, networking, offline state, persistence and secure storage, and for connected products, permissions and dropped connections.
Release quality
How they divide coverage across unit, integration and UI tests, diagnose a production crash and handle signing, phased releases, App Store review and a release that fails.
What every shortlisted candidate has to show
Knows what the platform is doing
They can explain what iOS and their frameworks do for them, and how they would investigate a crash without copying fixes from an AI assistant.
Uses AI with engineering discipline
They can show how they check generated Swift and tests against real devices and Apple’s requirements, and own each release.
Honest about platform gaps
They say which Apple frameworks and release responsibilities they have owned, and which they have not.
How we take the screening off your desk
We recruit iOS developers for native iPhone and iPad applications across Swift, SwiftUI, UIKit and Objective-C. Every candidate is screened on Apple platform fundamentals, architecture, concurrency, persistence, testing, accessibility and App Store delivery.
Either way you get about 3 to 5 screened CVs a week, per role.
Route 1: we screen, you run the deep interview
We do
- Source candidates for the role
- A technical screen of every candidate, run by a developer or CTO who works in your stack
- A CTO approves every CV before it reaches you
You do
- Run the deep technical interview with the shortlist
- Make the offer
Route 2: we run the deep interview too
We do
- Everything in Route 1, including the technical screen of every candidate
- A 1.5 to 2 hour live-coding, architecture and implementation interview with your final candidates
- A written assessment of each candidate after the interview
You do
- Meet the candidates who passed
- Make the offer
Teams we have hired for
What clients say
“Metamindz helped us recruit our now CTO, reviewing CVs as they came in and then putting the CTO through a thorough 90-minute live 360 technical test. Feedback from our now CTO of the test was glowing and comms from Metamindz throughout the entire process were excellent. Highly recommend!”
Rupert Boddington
Co-Founder, Pockla
“Worked with Lev and Max. We worked with MetaMindz to help us interview and assess software engineering candidates. They were professional and great from the outset and throughout, great speed too. Would 100% recommend and we will be working with them again.”
Alexander Bushe
CEO, Fuller Focus
“We found it really easy working with Lev and the team to hire for our lead developer role and despite it still being early days, our new hire is making an impact already!” source
Billy Whiffen
Google review
What it costs
£5,000
Fixed fee for your first role
15% to 17%
Commission on each further hire
Included
- Sourcing and screening
- A technical screen of every candidate by a developer or CTO
- A CTO approves every CV before you see it
- About 3 to 5 screened CVs a week, per role
- No exclusivity required
- A 3 to 6 month guarantee, depending on seniority
Optional extra
Deep technical interview (Route 2)£300 an hour
A 1.5 to 2 hour live-coding and technical grilling session per final candidate.
All fees exclude VAT.
Tell us about the roleFrequently Asked Questions
Yes. We recruit iOS developers across Swift, SwiftUI, UIKit and Objective-C, with the assessment tailored to the application and supported Apple platforms.
Yes. We test native UI architecture, state, lifecycle, performance, accessibility and whether candidates can make sensible decisions about using SwiftUI, UIKit or both.
The assessment can cover XCTest and XCUITest, signing and provisioning, TestFlight, App Store Connect, phased releases, crash diagnosis and production monitoring.
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View all technical recruitment expertiseTechnologies in briefs we have recruited for
Listed for reference. We use these to scope the brief with you. A keyword on a CV is where screening starts, and the interview decides whether the candidate can do the work.
Native iOS engineering
- Swift
- SwiftUI
- UIKit
- Objective-C
- Xcode
- iOS SDK
Data and Apple integrations
- async/await
- Combine
- URLSession
- Core Data
- SwiftData
- Keychain
- CoreBluetooth
- APNs
Quality and App Store delivery
- XCTest
- XCUITest
- TestFlight
- App Store Connect
- Fastlane
- Sentry
Soft skills and working style
- Product empathy
- Patient debugging
- Release discipline
- Cross-platform thinking
- Calm communication
Teams usually bring us in for: A native iPhone or iPad product team. A cross-platform team adding deeper iOS capability. An application needing stronger quality or App Store ownership.