Apple Silicon / Chip Design Engineer Interview
Questions & Process
What 134 candidates said about the rounds, the
questions and how long the wait really is.
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“Given two parallel wires, how does changing their lengths affect the resistance?”
Read reports →“Given two parallel wires, how does changing their cross sectional area affect the resistance?”
Read reports →“If you add pipeline registers to a timing path, what is the impact on performance and area?”
Read reports →“How to read from a SRAM?”
Read reports →“What is metastability?”
Read report →“How can you prevent setup and hold time violations?”
Read report →“ASIC design processes?”
Read report →“design questions”
Read report →“What kind of projects have you worked on related to physical design?”
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The interview process
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“1 - Applied to a different team but wasn't a good fit and got referred to another team instead. 2 - They scheduled an interview with the hiring manager, and if that went well it would lead to 6 more interviews with engineers. 3 - I didn't make it past the technical screen for my level.”Candidate-reported process
“Interview was over zoom. Recruiter was super friendly in the phone screen. Engineer was also nice. He did push pretty hard for answers, but then explained each one afterwards. Didn’t ask any behavioral or star style questions.”Candidate-reported process
“online, 45 minutes, technical, system level, calculation based, math, RFIC, mixed signal circuit explanation, performance, s parameter, equation derivation, one on one, CV based questions, RF front-end, industry based, AI based questions, calibration, work permit, relocate willing, month of internship”Candidate-reported processMore reports lockedRead 300+ more interview experiences
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