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 college or university. I interviewed at Apple
Interview
I started at an info session at my college that lead to 3 videochat interviews, followed by and afternoon of on-site interviews. Talked to various persons working on the team and higher-ups. After a week or two, HR came back to me with an offer that I accepted. Well organized interview process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Mostly talked about my background and personal projects, as well as a couple of basic technical questions.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 8 weeks. I interviewed at Apple (Cupertino, CA) in Feb 2015
Interview
Was first contaced by HR to schedule a phone technical interview. All Technical questions were pretty straight forward based on the job description. Did a bit of brush up on a few things
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Apple (Cupertino, CA) in Dec 2014
Interview
I applied to a job posting on their website and was contacted about a week later by a recruiter. Then there was one phone interview, about 30 minutes, with some general questions about my current job and work experience - nothing too technical. The actual on-site interview was a lot more difficult, some basic digital logic design problems, and principles like setup/hold time, metastability, etc. I met with 6 different interviewers plus one more at lunch. Thought it went relatively well, except for a few more analog circuit related questions I had no clue about. Then heard back that there was no offer about 3 weeks later.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe how a multi bit synchronizer / async fifo handles the variable delay of each bit