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 70.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Apple in Feb 2018
Interview
Contacted by recruiter via LinkedIn. Then short convo w/ recruiter, followed by a call with team manager, then coding interview. Was ghosted after that. My email software even shows when they viewed my follow-up emails! Very unprofessional. What if a prospective engineer wanted to apply a few years down the road after their skills had improved, but were so off-put by the unprofessionalism they wouldn't bother. Even a quick copy-paste template reject email goes a long way. Have had much better experiences with other big tech companies like Facebook.
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Question 1
NDA but basic leetcode algorithm questions. A few behavior questions but algorithm questions are really the only thing they seem to care about unless you're overly weird/crazy. Don't even bother w/ personal projects.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Apple
Interview
Specific teams at Apple hire rather than company first, then picking teams. Had an employee referral to her team and received two initial phone screens before the on site interviews. Made it through both phone screens, then the recruiter ghosted me. Very unprofessional.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at Apple (Cupertino, CA) in Dec 2017
Interview
One initial call with the recruiter, two technical phone screens, a 5-hour onsite, and then both of the recruiters I was working with ghosted on me. It's been over a month since my onsite, I sent two follow-up emails to both recruiters and I've heard absolutely nothing from either of them. I knew this was a strong possibility based on the other Glassdoor reviews so I'm not surprised, but still-- what a waste of PTO.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Algorithms questions, architecture/ system design questions, NLP questions