Software Engineer 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 Software Engineer according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 100%
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I applied online. I interviewed at Apple (Detroit, MI) in Feb 2016
Interview
Two phone interviews about my background, one code session about my coding and programming ability. The first interview last for 15 minutes and the second one last for one hour, the third one is a little bit longer, last more than one hour.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Introduce me one project that you have done recently
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Apple (Cupertino, CA) in Apr 2015
Interview
Recruiter cold call, then onsite interview for a day. The day had 3-4 interviews and one of the interviews was with a panel of developers where they interviewed together.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The recruiter cold call asked some questions like, what is NTP, then the onsite interview asked me to write some scripts for file operations, and then explain how TCP works.
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Apple (Los Angeles, CA) in Nov 2015
Interview
Applied at an Apple booth set up at my university during a hackathon. A week later (in Nov 2015), I got a mail asking for an interview with the Siri team (had applied specifically to AI based roles). Was delighted and sent in the details like availability, phone number, etc. After that, there was no response from my recruiter. Three weeks passed by and I mailed her and I got an automated reply informing that she had gone on a month long vacation and was asked to contact another recruiter. Contacted him and he finally fixed a date for the interview. It never happened. He scheduled and rescheduled and it never ever happened. I was asked to contact my initial recruiter once she gets back from her vacation. I contacted her in early Jan 2016 and she replied a week later informing that the interview will not be happening as someone else got the role. I lost my chance at Apple because a recruiter did not check her mails properly. It is fine if they overlook mails from candidates who are asking for an interview. Once she has given a chance to a candidate, she must be responsible enough to make sure the candidate goes through the process. Extremely disappointed with how the recruiter corresponded with me.