I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Apple (Cupertino, CA) in Mar 2026
Interview
Very simple, two screening interviews followed by what they claimed would be 5 technical interviews. The screening interviews involve very simple questions regarding Swift and OOP, not anything implementation wise, just theoretical stuff.
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I applied online. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Apple
Interview
I applied online and was contacted by a recruiter through email to set up a Webex session with a member of the team. The recruiter was very responsive and got it scheduled quickly.
The actual interview experience was a bit odd. The instructions were to dial in 10 minutes ahead of time and make sure everything was set up correctly. I did this. I waited a bit past the interview start time and nobody had shown up. I started going through my email to see if I needed to follow up with the recruiter with a call. Five minutes later someone finally did show up. They did not seem to notice or acknowledge that they were late. They then proceeded to read through an interview script. I could tell from their body language that they were mentally checked out. They had their head resting on their hand for most of the interview and were slouched over. They asked several STAR behavioral type questions and left some time at the end for questions.
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Question 1
Describe a time where you handled negative criticism and what was the outcome?
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Apple
Interview
4 rounds:
CV Screening - submit a CV
Phone interview - with a recruiter,
Coding interview - Do a pair coding. There is one leetcode-medium problem.
Round interviews - interview with the teammates over a few days. about 30-60 minutes each.