Apple Software Engineer Interview
Questions & Process
What 1,160 candidates said about the rounds, the
questions and how long the wait really is.
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Questions candidates reported
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Engineering accounts for 10,860 of 1,160 reports, so company-wide questions may lean toward that function. Pick your role above for questions from your own loop.
“Reverse a linked list.”
Read reports →“Code?”
Read reports →“Why Apple?”
Read reports →“Resume?”
Read reports →“Why do you want to join Apple”
Read report →“what is your name ?”
Read report →“Why do you want to work at Apple?”
Read report →“Can you describe your previous work experience?”
Read report →“Tell me about yourself?”
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The interview process
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“The interview process is open, structured, respectful, and consistent, focused on skills and culture fit, gives timely feedback, includes diverse interviewers, uses clear evaluation criteria, and makes sure I feel comfort and fairness.”Candidate-reported process
“They grilled me hard on every resume point. I got asked about specific implementation details and design decisions. The interviewer dug very deep into my projects and basically tore them apart from a senior engineer’s point of view.”Candidate-reported process
“Recruiter call, then 1 or 2 screenings, then a 5-6 round final interview. Interviews were mostly technical with some brain twisters. overall pretty aligned with the JD but the recruiter doesn’t really give details to prepare”Candidate-reported processMore reports lockedRead 300+ more interview experiences
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