I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Apple (Cupertino, CA) in Mar 2021
Interview
Intros, background experience and code challenges. The code challenges started with something pretty basic and then there was one that was a bit harder.
Overall had a positive experience. The interviewer was patient and helpful.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Apple (Cupertino, CA)
Interview
Did a quick chat with the HM and then was invited for the full-day panel in a few days. The panel was friendly and asked relevant questions to the position (no leetcode). I got the offer a few days later. The offer negotiation was a lot more painful, the recruiter reneged on a verbal offer and then tried to sell me on a fairly lower offer. I had been open with him about no competing offers and he took advantage of it to low ball me.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Write a singleton.
Design a book library
Send 10000 emails asynchronously
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Apple
Interview
Initial phone screen with hiring manager. Follow up phone screen with team member. After that, a full day onsite. The onsite day involves ~6 rounds with various team members and managers.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Low level software and hardware. Register interfaces bitwise logic. Low-level C questions and data structures.