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.
Average interview
Application
I interviewed at Apple
Interview
Still in the interview process and just passed the first phone interview. During the COVID the recruiter told me that they have shorten the interview rounds. The first two round is phone interviews, then followed by a Design challenge.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The first phone interview was about comparing two concept of material: Young's Modulus and Yield strength. And how the properties will affect the user experience on their product.
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.
They gave me a take home tolerance analysis worksheet. It was essentially a tolerance stack up for one of their products and felt fairly straight forward. Thought I answered it well but ultimately they decided to move forward with other candidates.