Apple Senior Software Developer interview questions
Updated May 6, 2026
based on 139 ratings
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Mostly positive
How others got an interview
44%
Applied online
Applied online
36%
Recruiter
Recruiter
13%
Employee Referral
Employee Referral
4%
Other
Other
2%
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Staffing Agency
1%
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Campus Recruiting
1%
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Senior Software Developer applicants have rated the interview process at Apple with 3 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.
Candidates applying for Senior Software Developer roles take an average of 90 days to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Apple overall takes an average of 42 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Apple as a Senior Software Developer according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 50%
Phone interview: 50%
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Was given a coding challenge which was difficult and had to finish it within a week. After the coding challenge there were 4 interviews 3 technical and one managerial. 2 out of 3 coding interviews were really pleasant with good engineers and in they were terrible, they had no idea about what they were talking about.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Coding challenge
2. Algorithms and Data structures
3. System design
I applied through a staffing agency. I interviewed at Apple (Cupertino, CA) in Jan 2019
Interview
It was good process for the interview. Taken around 1 hour programming excercise.
It was good process for the interview. Taken around 1 hour programming excercise.
It was good process for the interview. Taken around 1 hour programming excercise.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
General Programming Questions for Sorting and Searching
I applied online. I interviewed at Apple in Jan 2017
Interview
Good interview, hard test for software development and the similar issue, the interviewer was nice and he has a good conversation. He make myself calm during the role. Now i'm waiting another opportunity to do another interview to try again this job