Initial Recruiter Screen – A 30-minute call with a recruiter discussing your background, interests, and role fit.
Technical Phone Screen – A 45–60 minute coding interview with an engineer, covering data structures, algorithms, and problem-solving via a shared editor.
Onsite Interview – A full-day interview at Apple HQ (or virtual), including 4–5 rounds:
Coding Rounds – Algorithmic problems, system design, and problem-solving.
Design Round – System or object-oriented design for senior roles.
Behavioral Round – Assessing teamwork, communication, and cultural fit.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you design a scalable and efficient system for handling millions of requests per second?
1-First round was hackerrant test with 2 medium/hard difficulty level coding problems
2- Two screening rounds were conducted :
1st round- Technical coding round with coding problems. Interviewer asked me 2-3 easy to medium level problems mostly around data structured and general technical ability . Also some java related questions .
2nd round- System design round. Interviewer asked technical project related questions and couple of system design scenario based questions.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Apple (Santa Monica, CA) in Oct 2024
Interview
I had an initial phone interview with a recruiter, I got an email the following week that they preferred other candidates due to lack of experience in their tech stack.