I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Apple (Cupertino, CA) in Mar 2016
Interview
The Interview is not difficult pending you know your resume in detail . They see everything and ask every detail of your project . In the end I could not get the offer as my role was pretty specialized although they will consider me for a junior role in the future . I can safely say the process should not be stressful if you are confident and the people are really nice . So keep in mind that you should hold a conversation confidently as a Engineer
Overall I had 9 rounds and 1 recruiter round during the Onsite Interview and a phone screen prior to the onsite Interview
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a project where you struggled and How did you overcome it ?
Weak vs strong Pointers ?
Around 2 months after I submitted my resume for Apple software engineer position, I got a call from the hiring manager. He asked me what was the good day for the interview. It took half day for meeting 5 people. It was long hour interview for me. Each interviewer spent ~ 30 minutes and asked ~ 4 questions. Each interviewer asked questions in the different areas.
6 rounds. 1 Technical Screening. Then onsite loop consisted of 4 rounds of behavioral, 2 technicals, and 1 sys design. Had an additional Hiring Manager round since I was borderline.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
LC Mediums and mentorship based behavioral questions.
6 rounds. Started with phone screen with HM about past projects.
Onsite rounds
1: OOD
2. Multi threading
3. Java design pattern and Immutable classes
4. HM
All the rounds were heavily focused on Java