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 an employee referral. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Apple (Cupertino, CA) in Feb 2009
Interview
Teams of two to three people at a time interviewed me in waves. Technical questions were asked. No brain teaser types of questions. Opinions were asked of various technologies. No one was very prepared for the interview. It seemed like most were bugged to have to do it and just wanted it to be over. Having to work on short deadlines and long hours was a recurring theme.
The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Apple (Cupertino, CA) in Mar 2009
Interview
I was first contacted with a recruiter, who set up a phone screen with a hiring manager. The first phone screen was technical and covered mostly operating system concepts and a little bit on data structures. It went well, so I was told that the recruiter would schedule a second phone screen with another team member. The recruiter scheduled the second phone screen. This phone screen was also technical and not much different (a lot of questions about operating systems). This one was not with a manager. The recruiter contacted me two days later and said they were going to "pass on me." Both of the interviewers I talked were pleasant to talk to and seemed intelligent. The only downside was that the second interview seemed to be more about what I could remember from my operating systems class than my experience and real capabilities. I thought I had done well on the second interview and I thought interviewer's attitude backed that up; there is no feedback on your answers.
Interview questions [4]
Question 1
Have you ever written multithreaded code? Tell me about it..