I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Apple (Cupertino, CA) in Jun 2021
Interview
I have had a couple technical first round apple interviews. The format is they seem to talk about the position and themselves for the first 10 minutes, then they spend the next 10-15 asking you technical questions. Then remaining time you ask them questions.
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Question 1
- You have a bowling ball in a boat then you drop it off the side and it sinks to the bottom. Will the water in the pool rise or fall?
- You have two bowling balls that are identical on the outside and weigh the same on the top of an inclined ramp. One is hollow and one is solid. You let both of them roll down the ramp. Which one will reach the bottom first?
- How would you reduce the deflection of a simply supported beam?
- A pinned beam supported by a line that has an apple logo hanging from it. How would you reduce the stress in the line?
- Lots of questions about how I used data analysis to make design decisions in my projects in my portfolio.
- You have a 5 gallon jug and a 3 gallon jug and a hose that supplies endless water. You want to put 4 gallons in the 5 gallon jug. How can you put 4 gallons in the 5 gallon jug? (not an apple interview question but figured it might be helpful)
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Apple (Shanghai, Shanghai) in Apr 2026
Interview
All interviewer are quite friendly, they asked question based on your resume, and elaborate from there, so make sure you know every single details you wrote in your resume, they asked more on behavioral question, and a few technical questions.
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Apple (Kānpur, Uttar Pradesh) in Nov 2025
Interview
campus recruitment, only 15 students got shortlisted for the case study round, then 4 were selected for interview, we had to write on paper and they evaluated that for the interview shortlisting
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Question 1
we were asked on the original walking cam based walking beam and about drawing the FBD, moment and torsion and deflection diagrams plus also questions on what material to select and what calculations to do to ensure the mechanism is robust
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Apple (San Diego, CA) in Aug 2025
Interview
After 12 rounds of interviews, while I was told verbally that I was getting an offer, they suddenly asked for 3 more rounds of interviews and said I was not a good fit without any explanation.