I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Apple
Interview
First a phone screen with HR, then a technical interview with the leader of a hardware group. It was a phone interview and he jumped right into technical questions without much chit chat.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They gave an example of a failed part and asked: When selecting a material what would you take into consideration more, tensile strength or yield strength?
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Apple (San Jose, CA) in Jan 2016
Interview
A full day meeting with members of the team, managers, and some cross group members, every 30 minutes a new person arrived. It was very well organized and each person listened well and asked questions about what was on my resume. Know what is on your resume! I did not have a problem with that but this is the simplest of rules.
Whiteboards surrounded the room, so often it was asked to sketch out what you were thinking. This gives the interviewer an idea of how you think and how you can community technical ideas.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Describe the components of a boost circuit that you worked on, what does the components do?
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Apple (Cupertino, CA) in Dec 2015
Interview
Initial screening by an engineer, then went on-site in Apple's headquarter for 5~6 rounds of 1 to 1 interviews. The interview was well organized. All the interviewers were quite nice, and you can tell they are smart and know the techs quite well. Of course, the questions can be quite tough, and mostly technical.