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 through a recruiter. I interviewed at Apple
Interview
HR -> Phone screens -> Additional phone screens.
Overall it was good experience with lack of preparation from my side. There were even several parallel tracks for different teams all of which I have failed (maybe besides one track which I have declined).
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Apple (Durham, NC) in Sep 2015
Interview
I spoke to a recruiter at an on campus networking event and received a phone call in 2 hours that night asking for an interview the next day. Interview happened in a conference room on campus and consisted of around 10 technical questions with no coding. Just walking through solutions. 30 minute interview with 5 minutes at the end for questions. Received an email a week later with no moving forward.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is deadlock and how is it prevented? Intersection of two arrays with optimal Big O.
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Apple in Oct 2015
Interview
1 phone interview with a team manager about my past experience (discussion on resume) and the expected intern role. The manager primarily wanted to see if I'm interested in the role and etc. After the phone interview, I was invited to an onsite interview to meet the recruiter and one of the lead engineers from the team. The onsite interview was all technical questions.