Software Development Job Simulation

Build a new mobile app feature that helps users set and track their budget as a Developer at Standard Bank

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Get Career Ready

Complete work that simulates life on the job. 6-7 hours and self-paced.

Stand out in your application to Standard Bank. Show us you're a motivated candidate.

Get Career Ready

Complete work that simulates life on the job. 6-7 hours and self-paced.

Stand out in your application to Standard Bank. Show us you're a motivated candidate.

Why complete our Job Simulation

A risk-free way to experience work on the job with us at Standard Bank. Practice your skills with example tasks and build your confidence to ace your applications.

Self-paced6-7 hoursNo gradesNo assessmentsadvanced

Welcome to our programme! We are so excited to have you here.

Here at Standard Bank, we’re passionate about driving sustainable, inclusive growth across Africa. The kind of growth that will make a positive and lasting impact on all our lives. And we put Africa’s dreams, our clients’ dreams, and our peoples’ dreams at the heart of everything we do.

During this programme, you will get the opportunity to step into the shoes of a Standard Bank team member and complete tasks that replicate the work that our Software Development team does every day. This programme will introduce you to the daily responsibilities of an iOS developer here at Standard Bank. You’ll learn how to run tests in Swift and apply test-driven development (TDD) to develop app features.

We hope this programme provides a great resource for you to up-skill and strengthen your resume as you explore career options and a potential career at Standard Bank!

All tasks, materials, companies, and people featured in this programme are simulated and entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real persons (either living or dead) or other real-life entities is purely coincidental.

Skills you will learn and practice:

Test-Driven Development

Swift

UIKit

Mocking

Cuckoo

Core Data

Model–View–Viewmodel Architecture

How it works

Complete tasks guided by pre-recorded videos and example answers from our team at Standard Bank. No live sessions, all self-paced.

Earn a certificate and add it to your resume and LinkedIn as an extra curricular activity.

Stand out in applications. Confidently answer interview questions and explain why you’re a good fit for our team.

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Tasks in this program

Task One: Test-Driven Development in Swift

1-2 hours

Advanced

Learn how to use tests to write effective Swift code

What you'll learn

What Swift is and how it is used to build programs for iOS
Why test-driven development is important

What you'll do

Meet your supervisor Thanyani Tshikonwani, an iOS Developer at Standard Bank
Undertake a brief multiple choice quiz to demonstrate your knowledge of Swift and test-driven development

Reviews

Over 250

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"Download and familiarise yourself with the "Budget Task 3 start" starter project. You can also continue with the project you finished in Task 2. Install CocoaPods. You'll need CocoaPods to install Cuckoo. Follow the instructions on the website: https://cocoapods.org. Set up Cuckoo. Follow the instructions from the git repo readme: https://github.co..."-- Student from Maharishi Dayanand University, Rohtak (Haryana )

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