I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Apple (San Jose, CA) in May 2015
Interview
Recruiter invited onsite directly for a recruiting event. No phone screen. Meet 6~7 interviewer. The most impressive are the coordination of the seamless process. The recruiters make sure that you have a bathroom or water break between sessions. As a candidate I felt I was well taken care of. The hiring managers and engineers are also very well prepared, and they are all very passionate about what they are doing. It was a great experience for me although no offer in the end.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Coding questions, design questions. No much behavioral question. All the coding questions are not algorithmically challenging, but they are not easy to write bug free.
Around 2 months after I submitted my resume for Apple software engineer position, I got a call from the hiring manager. He asked me what was the good day for the interview. It took half day for meeting 5 people. It was long hour interview for me. Each interviewer spent ~ 30 minutes and asked ~ 4 questions. Each interviewer asked questions in the different areas.
6 rounds. 1 Technical Screening. Then onsite loop consisted of 4 rounds of behavioral, 2 technicals, and 1 sys design. Had an additional Hiring Manager round since I was borderline.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
LC Mediums and mentorship based behavioral questions.
6 rounds. Started with phone screen with HM about past projects.
Onsite rounds
1: OOD
2. Multi threading
3. Java design pattern and Immutable classes
4. HM
All the rounds were heavily focused on Java