Software Developer applicants have rated the interview process at Apple with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 75% positive. To compare, the company-average is 70% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Apple (Cupertino, CA) in Jun 2011
Interview
Approached by recruiter after submitting resume online. Had a phone call with a manager followed by 2 back to back video interviews consisting of questions about my past work, and a couple of programming assignments at the end. Questions were strictly technical and focused on relevant experience only, skipping over those which didn't apply to the position I was interviewing for. Feedback was good and I was invited for on-site interviews. Surprisingly just a week later I was told they hired someone else and the interview stands canceled. I was very disappointed. I wouldn't say the experience was negative, as the interviewers and my recruiter were friendly and to-the-point. Recruiter still assured me they're looking for other open positions but nothing worked out and I gave up after 2 months.
The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Apple in Aug 2011
Interview
Was contacted by HR to setup the interview. Straightforward process to get in touch with the hiring manager. Interview was a different story... one question about my past experience, an explanation about what the department that was hiring was responsible for, and then two technical questions.
First question was related to the position description. Second question was not. Wasn't really able to answer either question in a straightforward manner. Felt I wasn't really given a fair shake (two questions?) and didn't feel like I was asked many (just one) questions related to the job description (which was OS level driver programming in C/C++, Unix scripting and so on).
I applied online. The process took 4 days. I interviewed at Apple (Cupertino, CA) in Nov 2010
Interview
Went very well on the phone but onsite it was a different story. A few affable folks but what a disorganized interview. The manager clearly spent no time divvying up topics, so I sat through six hours of the same damned questions over and over. A couple of guys clearly didn't want to be there at all. The manager was burned out, kind of listless, I'm not surprised - my connections confirmed the sweatshop atmosphere.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I don't remember the exact questions but they weren't very hard.