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      Product Design Engineer Interview

      30 Nov 2011
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Neutral experience

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      Product Design Engineer Interview

      7 Jun 2026
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Shenzhen, Guangdong
      No offer
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied through university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Apple in Nov 2011

      Interview

      Apple essentially announced "first-come, first-serve" interviews on campus. I sent my resume to a friend who graduated a year earlier and currently worked for Apple--it turns out he was also conducting the interviews. The interviews took place through the campus Career Center. Each person was interviewed on a 1:1 basis for about 20-30 minutes. Advice: Know your Materials Fundamentals. The "Intelligence Test" portion of the interview boiled down to the ability to recall and manipulate equations/facts from Mechanics of Materials. Also, if you're in front of a whiteboard and have no clue how to proceed, just start writing--I got the impression that they didn't care so much about the right answer as how you get there.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      (Tosses an old Apple Iphone shell on the table). What materials do you see?
      1 Answer
      Neutral experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Apple (Shenzhen, Guangdong)

      Interview

      i had my interview today and was asked the same question. also similarly, the interviewer had no sense of humor. it was not a enjoyable experience because i think i gave like 3-4 different ways of making a cantilever, but i was asked "what else?" like 10 times for the cantilever problem alone. i also have 7 years of work experience, but there was 0 question asked about it.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      What causes corrosion, and how do you design to mitigate it?
      1 Answer

      Product Design Engineer Interview

      10 May 2026
      Anonymous employee
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Apple

      Interview

      The interview went well overall. The interviewer opened with a discussion about a project I'm proud of, then a beam scenario question that covered structural and load analysis, stress and deflection, and material selection — testing my ability to connect first-principles thinking across the full problem space.

      Product Design Engineer Interview

      19 May 2026
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Cupertino, CA
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied through university. I interviewed at Apple (Cupertino, CA) in Apr 2026

      Interview

      Interview with hiring manager then virtual onsite. They ask you general mechanical engineering questions as well as questions dependent on type of team and skills they are looking for. Not bad overall just brush up on basic beam deflection, GD&T, Design analysis etc.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Ways to reduce beam deflection
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