Software Engineer 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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Long interview process - 7 rounds (1 recruiter, 1 hiring manager, 5 rounds onsite back to back interviews). Tests the resume, hardware knowledge, coding skills. You might face a reject even if you think you have cleared all the rounds
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Apple (Cupertino, CA) in Dec 2025
Interview
Recruiter reached out to me, Recruiter screening were basic behavioural questions like what are you studying ,tell me one project etc.The technical round just had tell me yourself and jumped right into the code. It wasnt a leetcode code but rather a media streaming code(the team that was interviewing was AMT) They asked me to give them mathematical formulas, then told me how do you think we can optimize it,I was confused but tried my best.Interview told me he will get back to me in email and then ended the interview
I applied online. I interviewed at Apple (Cupertino, CA)
Interview
The interview process was ok, Got an HR call very early, and after quite a while there was a hiring manager call arranged, got positive feedback but didn't get further response afterwards.
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Question 1
Technical details about one of the previous experience