Around 2 months after I submitted my resume for Apple software engineer position, I got a call from the hiring manager. He asked me what was the good day for the interview. It took half day for meeting 5 people. It was long hour interview for me. Each interviewer spent ~ 30 minutes and asked ~ 4 questions. Each interviewer asked questions in the different areas.
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Accepted offer
Positive experience
Difficult interview
Application
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 7 weeks. I interviewed at Apple (Cupertino, CA) in Oct 2015
Interview
I was reached out by a Software Engineer on the team at first and did a first phone interview. Then, I met with a hiring manager and director of engineering during a conference. Next, an onsite interview with 4 people. The feedbacks were all positive. However, I was switched to the second manager's team and she wanted more interviews. Eventually, it turned out that I was switched to the third sub-team with a new recruiter. All the three sub-teams belong to the same department. So, I did one more phone interview with a Software Engineer and another onsite interviews with 6 people. It was a long process, but all people I met were friendly, nice and smart.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Statistics, random sampling, data structures and algorithms, system designs, machine learning concepts, previous project/experience deep dive
6 rounds. 1 Technical Screening. Then onsite loop consisted of 4 rounds of behavioral, 2 technicals, and 1 sys design. Had an additional Hiring Manager round since I was borderline.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
LC Mediums and mentorship based behavioral questions.
6 rounds. Started with phone screen with HM about past projects.
Onsite rounds
1: OOD
2. Multi threading
3. Java design pattern and Immutable classes
4. HM
All the rounds were heavily focused on Java