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Apple Hardware Test / Validation Engineer Interview
Questions & Process

What 236 candidates said about the rounds, the
questions and how long the wait really is.

From 236 candidate reports · FREE TO READ

2.7Rounds average
22.4Day average
AverageTypical difficulty
57.6%Positive experience

Questions candidates reported

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Engineering accounts for 10,860 of 236 reports, so company-wide questions may lean toward that function. Pick your role above for questions from your own loop.

Can you solve this easy or medium data structure coding question?

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Formats, difficulty and experience

Across all 236 Apple interview reports.

Question formats

Technical49.8%
Behavioral23%
Coding19.3%
Other5.3%
System Design2%

Interview difficulty

Easy10.3%
Average57.3%
Difficult32.3%

Candidate experience

Positive57.6%
Neutral29.7%
Negative12.7%

Reports by job function

Engineering10,860
Operations1,308
Product1,188
Sales1,054
Other762
Marketing542

The interview process

Described in candidates’ own words.

First round on HackerRank had 10 questions including one word problem and two coding questions. One coding problem was medium level and another was tough. All questions had to be finished within the time limit.Candidate-reported process
There was 1 screening and 6 panel rounds and it was difficult, mainly the UVM part. They also asked AMBA protocols, basic design questions like fsm, fifo and all, and more focus on constraints.Candidate-reported process
the interview process is mostly technological, and includes these steps: 1. HR call 2. call with the manager 3. 3-hour interview (run by engineers) 4. 3-hour interview (run by staff) 5. contractCandidate-reported process
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