I applied through college or university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Apple (Austin, TX) in Mar 2015
Interview
First there is phone screen. Around one week later, there is onsite interview with three managers. Again one week later the results come out and there is a skype interview with two staff engineers from the Cupertino headquarter.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is verification about? What are the components of design verification? What is coverage?
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Apple (Santa Clara, CA) in May 2015
Interview
I got phone interview and onsite interview in Cupertino, CA. The whole process tooks a long time but that was because of me.The phone interview is just asking questions about my resume, generation of fibonarzzi number and a IQ question. The onsite interview is stressful and a lot things about verification like generating random data.... The questions are hard. Something I've never heard about. But there are also some basic questions like FSM and FIFO.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given read and write freq, how to calculate FIFO depth?
I applied online. I interviewed at Apple (Cupertino, CA)
Interview
I was contacted through e-mail for an opportunity with Apple. The phone interview was scheduled in a week after the initial contact by the recruiter. The phone interview went well however I had to wait two weeks for a response. I was selected for an onsite interview and was interviewed by five very bright verification engineers.
Design questions - setup and hold time, aptitude based questions(apples and oranges), perl scripting and programming based questions were asked. There were other challenging open ended questions too - designing an electrical circuit etc.
Pro: There is a lot of horizontal movement and opportunities to grow within teams in apple. I got a feeling that they take good care of their employees and take steps to make sure employees remain excited about work
Cons: Nothing major. Just a personal opinion. There was a one hour wait after the technical interviews. While I was waiting at the lobby for round 2 , the recruiter called me on my cel to inform me that I wasn't selected and I could leave.I was disappointed of course. Also it's my opinion that the least a company can do is break the news to it's candidates F2F while they're still on the campus rather than over the phone like that. Candidates usually put in a lot of effort and take days off from work so they can get their dream job.
Overall the experience was good.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
design an electrical circuit with switches, voltage source for a particular application- wasn't expecting one since my area of expertise is mostly digital