Software Developer applicants have rated the interview process at Apple with 3.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 66% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Developer roles take an average of 42 days to get hired, when considering 3 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Apple overall takes an average of 37 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Apple as a Software Developer according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 100%
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I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Apple (Cupertino, CA) in Dec 2025
Interview
Recruiter reached out to me, Recruiter screening were basic behavioural questions like what are you studying ,tell me one project etc.The technical round just had tell me yourself and jumped right into the code. It wasnt a leetcode code but rather a media streaming code(the team that was interviewing was AMT) They asked me to give them mathematical formulas, then told me how do you think we can optimize it,I was confused but tried my best.Interview told me he will get back to me in email and then ended the interview
I applied online. I interviewed at Apple (Cupertino, CA)
Interview
The interview process was ok, Got an HR call very early, and after quite a while there was a hiring manager call arranged, got positive feedback but didn't get further response afterwards.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Technical details about one of the previous experience
The recruiters were very slow in reaching out. Had to do multiple e mail chains for following up with them. After a week or two they respond and took another month to schedule the phone screen
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Got asked a binary search iterator question from leetcode, got asked both the recursive and the iterative approach