Hardware Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Apple with 4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 73.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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I applied through an employee referral. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Apple (Cupertino, CA) in Mar 2016
Interview
Was a 45 min Phone screen interview, referred by a current employee who's in the same group. Interview was scheduled almost right after they received my resume. There were 3 interviewers, and they asked lots of questions related to my resume and previous experiences, but not limited to. Around a week later, I received a reject email from the hiring manager.
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Lots of questions on the resume, previous experiences
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Apple (Cupertino, CA) in Jun 2016
Interview
Lots of general questions of systems engineering. Questions spanned from analog electronics, optical engineering, sensing technology, image sensors, characterization. People who interviewed me seemed very prepared in their field, but were from a variety of specialties. Overall they were fair and nice, but I had the impression that they were looking for somebody who is expert/specialist on everything.
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How would you remove cross-talk between channels in a CMOS image sensor?
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Apple (Cupertino, CA) in Feb 2017
Interview
Two phone interviews and then got call for onsite. Onsite interview was grueling. Back to back 8 interviews, 45 minutes each. Surprisingly, no behavioral questions. Overall, I was not happy with the process and how HR treats candidates. Didn't accept the offer.
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Question 1
Questions were related to the job descriptions but you need to go into details to explain everything on white board.