I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Apple (Cupertino, CA) in Dec 2013
Interview
Online referral by my friend in November. Got an email from the HR asking for suitable dates. So gave one in December first week. Received a call from the Hiring Manager wherein he briefed me about the position and asked about a specific project which was relevant to the position. It went okay and for 30 minutes. At the end of it, he informed me about another interview with an engineer. After that kept waiting and finally I got an email after 1 week from the HR notifying me of the second interview on Dec.17th. The second phone interview went pretty well as he was extremely cheerful. In that he asked me to describe about some specific details of the different projects I worked on as a part of the course work. Asked me about some basic data structures just to check whether I am aware of them. 2 days after that got the phone call from the HR informing me about the offer which was really unbelievable.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
None. Just concentrate on the basics of data structures and projects.
A university recruiter reached out to me via email to request availability for an interview with the cartography team. Two weeks later, I met with the hiring manager to discuss my experience and interests.
First round was 30 minute technical discussion with hiring manager. Good experience but did not move forward. 15 minutes on my past internship experience. 15 minutes on how I would build an agent. Recruiter reached out 2 months later.
Only the behavioral round, but it was very interesting to say the least. Was asked the basic STAR questions but it turned into a very good conversation. Know your resume inside out and be prepared to talk about yourself.