Software Engineer 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 Engineer 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 Engineer according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 100%
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I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Apple in May 2025
Interview
Technical screening call, then a technical interview. Problem was it was for a role i did not apply and was a hardware role. I am purely software so I went into it knowing I wasn't going to do well.
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Question 1
General questions about computer architecture, and general C coding skills.
Very hard technicals. Interview Difficulty: very hard. Start leetcode early to get the technicals down and behaviourals solid before interviews. Make sure to search up your interviewer before interview since they will tell you their name.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why Apple? What separates you from the competition?
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Apple
Interview
they asked me about my passione, what im studying, why i choose to participate to apple developer acdemy, they asked me about some machine learning algorithms that i know or not maybe because its related to my field.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
they asked me about do i have idea about machine learning algorithm, if i know which one and asked to explain.