I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Apple (Goālpāra) in Jan 2024
Interview
Apple interviews are comprehensive and demanding, typically involving multiple stages:
Initial Screening: A recruiter call to discuss your background and fit for the role.
Technical Phone Interview: Coding questions, algorithms, and data structures, usually conducted over video call or shared coding platforms.
On-Site Interview: A full-day event with several interviewers, including technical deep dives, whiteboarding sessions, and problem-solving tasks.
Behavioral Interview: Questions focused on your past experiences, team collaboration, and alignment with Apple's core values.
System Design: For senior roles, a focus on designing scalable and efficient systems.
Preparation should include practicing coding problems, understanding Apple's products and services, and being ready to demonstrate problem-solving and innovation skills.
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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