Product Design Engineer Interview Questions

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The interviewer drew a top and side view of the "home screen", circular button on the front of an iPhone. If the critical features of the button are the diameter and the position/width of an anti-rotational feature (which was drawn in one of the views), where would you place your datums and critical dimensions. Why?
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Product Design Engineer

Interviewed at Apple

4.1
Dec 2, 2014

The interviewer drew a top and side view of the "home screen", circular button on the front of an iPhone. If the critical features of the button are the diameter and the position/width of an anti-rotational feature (which was drawn in one of the views), where would you place your datums and critical dimensions. Why?

Gave me a cross section of a female connector which had a spring like a cantilever beam coming out. She asked the current force generated by the spring is less than required force, so as a PDE how will you solve the issue?
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Product Design Engineer

Interviewed at Apple

4.1
Jan 17, 2026

Gave me a cross section of a female connector which had a spring like a cantilever beam coming out. She asked the current force generated by the spring is less than required force, so as a PDE how will you solve the issue?

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