I applied online. I interviewed at Apple in Jan 2022
Interview
Submitted my application online, recruiter reached out several days later, did 2 rounds of technical interview thru phone calls with 2 different engineers. Then take-home design challenge (1 week), sent over my slides and stp CAD files, schedule a full day 10x interviews and half day presentation.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
- Classic cantilever beam, how to reduce deflection
- Multiple parts assembly, how to know the gap, then how to reduce it
- you slammed on your home button, what happenned?
- Some statistic questions, like how do you know the parts are good, variance? CPK, CP meaning?
The interview went well overall. The interviewer opened with a discussion about a project I'm proud of, then a beam scenario question that covered structural and load analysis, stress and deflection, and material selection — testing my ability to connect first-principles thinking across the full problem space.
I applied through university. I interviewed at Apple (Cupertino, CA) in Apr 2026
Interview
Interview with hiring manager then virtual onsite. They ask you general mechanical engineering questions as well as questions dependent on type of team and skills they are looking for. Not bad overall just brush up on basic beam deflection, GD&T, Design analysis etc.
They gave me a take home tolerance analysis worksheet. It was essentially a tolerance stack up for one of their products and felt fairly straight forward. Thought I answered it well but ultimately they decided to move forward with other candidates.