I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Apple
Interview
Interviewing process was extremely unprofessional. Had an interview scheduled with an interested hiring manager, but the day of, never received a call. Emailed the recruiter and only after did they tell me the position was already filled. The lack of advanced notice until after the interview would have taken place was incredibly impolite.
I also interviewed with them at a conference last year where I was forced to interview for both an area and language I was unfamiliar with... My interviewer was on his phone the whole time and wasn't helpful at all.
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Question 1
As stated, never got an interview, but in the previous year got questions on data structures and operating systems.
First I had a recruiter call to check my availability, then with the hiring manager where he explained to me the position, and after that a technical interview with behavioural and coding part
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What's the difference between a reference type and a value type in Swift
FGD based interview with two mentors present. Discuss and present a topic within a few minutes with a randomly assigned group. Topic is about the essay we were asked to submit before the interview session.
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Discuss essay topic (problem) to come forth with a solution based on evidence (googled), and tell us what you've learned during this whole process.
I applied online. I interviewed at Apple in Feb 2026
Interview
Grilled hard on all resume points. I was asked about implementation details and design decisions. The interviewer went very deep into my projects, and essentially tore them apart from a senior engineer perspective.
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Question 1
Why did you switch from X library to Y library? You could have made a commit to original library to fix the issue you ran into.