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. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Apple
Interview
I was contacted via linkedin, after I responded I talked to an HR person about what kind of position I would be interested in (10 minutes), then a week later a technical interview with with a hiring manager (30 minutes). That started off with a couple basic technical questions (how is a map implemented) then went into brain teaser/logic problems.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Ants are at the corners of an equilateral triangle labelled 1, 2, and 3, each ant starts moving towards the next one (1 towards 2, 2 towards 3, 3 towards 1) at the same constant speed. How long until they meet ?
I applied online. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Apple (Cupertino, CA)
Interview
Had to write many hours of code just for the phone interview! Went to onsite and spoke with about 5-6 guys, mostly managers. The questions required lengthy whiteboard coding. To be fair, I did not get the answer to one of these in a timely manner, and this is likely why I did not receive an offer. I did formulate an answer waiting for my plane later, and forwarded it to the mgr.
The general feel I got was that I was not a possibly valued asset, but a new cog for their machine. There was a pervasive lack of respect in the most of the interviewers' demeanor. I think it's an Apple culture thing, based on other posts I've read on Glassdoor. As soon as I left the building, I knew I could not work here. On the upside, it indicates extreme confidence in the company's ability to attract talent if they can speak to applicants this way.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Writing 8-9 hours of code from the phone interview assignment was a bit much. It probably took longer because I wanted to polish it. But it was not a simple problem by any means. I worked all night to have it ready. The onsite interviewers didn't seem particularly impressed with these efforts, and it gave me insight into how I'd be treated full time.
Applied for the job on apple.com. Got contacted by a recruiter and proceeded to two rounds of phone screening. Both of the interviewers are from the team that's hiring.