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Candidate-reported interview insights

Apple Engineer interviews, decoded.

Explore commonly reported questions, interview rounds, difficulty, duration, and candidate experiences for the Engineer role at Apple.

4.1 rating Computer Hardware Development

Interview overview

Difficulty

Average

Average rounds

2.6

Average duration

32.8 day average

Difficulty and candidate experience

Interview difficulty

easy13.7%
average46.2%
difficult40.1%

Candidate experience

positive52.4%
neutral31.4%
negative16.2%

Candidate-reported interview process

Great experience from beginning to end. From application to informal offer in 5 weeks. First interview was directly with the manager, then a panel interview with 6 different employees, from managers to technical staff from different angles (different teams involved). Even though I studied really hard for the interviews, the questions were all related to logical application of my previous knowledge, so I actually didn’t need to study for them. Kind people who put me at ease from the start.

Somewhat difficult, but everyone was super nice. I suggest practicing code and a few behavioral questions. I asked 2 questions both times and they seemed impressed by that too. Talking through my thought process out loud seemed to go over well.

It was good and they just asked simple questions about designing the things. The difficulty was medium; if you have a basic understanding of the domain, then you would be fine. All the best to everyone!

Common Apple Engineer interview questions

A focused selection of the most detailed candidate-submitted questions.

  1. 1

    How have your past positions prepared you for technical work across a broad and deep set of subjects?

  2. 2

    Can you answer detailed technical questions related to cell engineering?

Interview question formats

Technical37.9%
Behavioral32.2%
Other12.6%
Coding9.8%
Presentation3.6%

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Interview information is based on candidate reports and may not represent the current official hiring process of Apple.