I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Apple
Interview
Very long process. Many many interviews, 3 with hiring manager. Present the design challenge with the panel. several 1:1s with different team members. Preparing for design challenge was a lot of work. After a month long process, right after the final 1:1 interviews, the hiring manager and the recruiter went quiet, not a single word from them. They did not even have the courtesy to say that they have moved on with another candidate. Very unprofessional and rude.
HR interview with simple questions and three Phone interviews with Engineers regarding material science questions and a following design challenge. The design challenge will have a duration of 5 days for a fresh graduate student.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is the relationship of Yield Strength and Hardness of a material?
- HR interview (phone)
- Technical interview (phone)
- Design project and presentation (generation over the course of the week, submitted for review)
- Flew down to HQ for in person interviews over course of 2 days
- Interviews were mostly technical white board Q&A's. Not very personal or personable.
- Design presentation to large group
Overall, it was intensive and was a good gauge of mechanical aptitude. There were only 2 out of about 16 interviews that were more culture/personnel fit assessments. The work would be intellectually satisfying, but it was obvious that there was no work/life balance and most of the interviewers seemed stressed and busy doing something else. Several were on their phones while I was at the whiteboard working on solutions.