Mobile is one of the easiest early-career categories to screen, because the artefact is public and installable.
Live from our candidate database
Counted at render time and refreshed every six hours. This is a supply-side view of one platform, not a national labour-market statistic.
Skills present in this pool
Ask for something installable
A Play Store listing, an APK or a TestFlight build. Unlike web work, mobile output is hard to fake and easy to inspect, which makes this screen unusually efficient.
Lifecycle and state reasoning
The common failure among self-taught mobile candidates is shaky understanding of lifecycle and state management. It surfaces immediately if you ask what happens when the app is backgrounded mid-request.
Cross-platform is a plus, not a substitute
Flutter and React Native candidates are plentiful and useful, but a candidate who has only ever worked cross-platform will struggle with platform-specific work. Be explicit about which you actually need.
Key takeaways
- Require something installable — mobile output is hard to fake.
- Probe lifecycle and state handling; it is the common self-taught gap.
- Decide up front whether you need native or cross-platform, and screen accordingly.
Questions
Kotlin or Java for Android hiring?+
Kotlin is the current default and Compose familiarity is a strong plus. Java-only candidates convert quickly, so it is not a hard filter.
Is iOS hiring harder in India?+
Materially, yes — the pool is smaller, partly because the hardware barrier to learning is higher. Plan for a longer cycle or hire cross-platform and train.