I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Apple in Nov 2025
Average interview
Application
I applied online. I interviewed at Apple
Interview
They setup the interview quite quickly and the first two rounds were done soon after setup. I think it was a fairly efficient process. The recruiter reached out to me from their database, and set time with the hiring manager in the very same week.
Recruiter reached out via LinkedIn. She hyped up about the role and all. Got my resume. then, she ghosted me. Among FAANG companies, in terms of ghosting candidates, Apple is the number one.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you do evals? (I think the recruiter was trying to learn from me]
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Apple (San Francisco, CA) in Apr 2022
Interview
Interviewed at Apple Media Products group
Started with two phone rounds one with Hiring Manager and another with Sr. EPM from the team
Post the phone rounds had interview loop that consisted of 6 rounds, 2 with engineering teams, 1 with QA, 2 with Sr. EPMs and 1 with Hiring Manager spread over two days.
Cleared all rounds, recuriter called me to negotiatie offer, provided a range. I said let me think about it and get back in a day or two. 3 hrs later recuriter sent an email saying they need a more expereinced resource.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Focus was on past expereinces followed by some behavioral & situation based questions.