A Senior Engineer’s Guide to Apple's Interview Process And Questions

The Apple Hiring Process and Common Questions

Apple’s interview process consists of the following steps:

• Recruiter call OR online assessment
• Technical phone screen (if you didn’t do the online assessment)
• Onsite interview

Before we get into the details of each of these steps, here are a few general notes about Apple’s hiring process, evaluation criteria, and interview experience.

Apple is decentralized and lets candidates interview with different teams concurrently; if you want to maximize your odds, interview with as many teams as you have the appetite for.

Anecdotes from Apple Interviewers

1. “I interviewed with like 12 teams. I got 2 offers. Along the way, I told one of the Apple recruiter’s I was interviewing for another Apple team and they shrugged it off; they didn’t care.”

2. “At Apple, there’s no formal interviewer training. It’s very ad hoc. Every team is different. There is literally no process. What each of the teams does is rely on one of their very senior engineers or someone very experienced.”

3. “One thing not enough candidates know about is this: there’s no such thing as an Apple interview. You apply for a team. Not the company.”