Developer applicants have rated the interview process at Apple with 3.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 63.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Common stages of the interview process at Apple as a Developer according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 100%
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Had a phone interview and talked a lot about my portfolio projects. They were more interested in specific engineering challenges that I faced when building my projects. Asked some technical questions about manufacturing processes.
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Apple (Cupertino, CA) in Aug 2018
Interview
Had a phone interview with the HM. Followed up with an invitation onsite. Interviewed at Apple in Cupertino. Had 7 interviews, all technical. Thought I did well, only to get ghosted by the recruiter :( Worst interview experience I've ever had.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Apple
Interview
One phone interview followed by a onsite interview. Very heavy on theoretical knowledge. It was very unlike other tech companies in the valley which tend to be more problem solving focussed.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Theory behind common software engineering/algo/data structures concepts and problems.