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      Software Engineer Interview

      8 Aug 2016
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Negative experience

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Apple in July 2016

      Interview

      I was initially contacted over LinkedIn by one of Apple's recruiters and scheduled a phone call. After that conversation, the recruiter thought I would be a better fit for a different team and redirected me to a second recruiter. Initially, the second recruiter was very responsive. I was amazed at how quickly he got back to me (even late in the evening). More on this recruiter later... I was then scheduled for an initial phone call with an Engineer on the team I was being considered for. The interviewer thought the phone call went well and I was asked to come onsite. My experience onsite was largely positive. I enjoyed speaking with the engineers and the hiring manager. The role was for a devops position, so the questions encompassed both coding and questions about how to do things on the command line and how to automate tasks. The engineers and the hiring manager were very nice and respectful. Now back to the recruiter. The recruiter was nice, but it sounded like he didn't even review my profile. After he escorted me to the interview room, we chatted for a few minutes before the first interviewer showed up. He told me about the team I was interviewing for and what their responsibilities were. He then asked questions like "So, are you technical? Do you code?". It didn't sound like he had reviewed my profile at all (I'm an experienced engineer with a decent amount of coding experience). After I had finished the onsite, I wrote the recruiter a thank you email and he responded and said that I would have feedback the next day. I didn't hear from him the next day. A week later, I sent another email to follow up and did not receive a response. A few days after that, I received an offer from another company and I sent the recruiter one additional email to let him know and to see if they wanted to move forward or not, and again, I received no response. Overall, the actual experience of speaking with the engineers was quite pleasant, but the recruiter was not very professional after the interview had concluded. I assume that Apple will not be moving forward, but I would have appreciated an explicit communication informing me of my status. Even a generic "We're not interested in moving forward at this time." would have been sufficient, but no follow up is somewhat disrespectful in my opinion.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Scripting questions and command line proficiency questions
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      Around 2 months after I submitted my resume for Apple software engineer position, I got a call from the hiring manager. He asked me what was the good day for the interview. It took half day for meeting 5 people. It was long hour interview for me. Each interviewer spent ~ 30 minutes and asked ~ 4 questions. Each interviewer asked questions in the different areas.
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      Software Engineer Interview

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      The interview was easy, we talked about technical stuff in-depth: os, drivers. If they think you know something, they would ask you till they find where your knowledge ends. So be ready

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