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      Mechanical Quality Engineer Interview

      23 Dec 2017
      Anonymous interview candidate
      San Jose, CA
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through university. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Apple (San Jose, CA) in Oct 2017

      Interview

      After talking with an engineering recruiter at my university's career fair, I was given a phone screen. Passing the phone screen, I had a on site interview with 8 Apple employees in San Jose with lunch included. Any further contact was continued through email.

      Interview questions [2]

      Question 1

      Difference between Cp and CpK?
      1 Answer

      Question 2

      How to measure (measurement tool) the inside border trim (where it meets with the touch screen) of an iPad back casing? How does one ensure accuracy of measurement?
      Answer question
      2

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      Mechanical Quality Engineer Interview

      11 Mar 2025
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Cupertino, CA
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Apple (Cupertino, CA) in Jan 2025

      Interview

      15 min recruiter screening and two 30 min interviews with members of the MQE team over the course of a few weeks - then flown out onsite for panel interview consisting of eight 30 min interviews with individuals from various fields and teams. Lastly, had a take-home assignment pertaining to GD&T and statistical analysis that was presented to members of the MQE team. Questions weren't too difficult, but it was a long process,

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      What are some quality issues that you could imagine facing in relation to this specific Apple product?
      Answer question

      Mechanical Quality Engineer Interview

      3 Nov 2018
      Anonymous employee
      Cupertino, CA
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at Apple (Cupertino, CA)

      Interview

      2 phone interview happen in August, 2018 on site in Nov, 2018 recruiter is super super nice, best ever, who can spend an hour with you during evening personal time to walk you through the process and make you less nervous

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      what is cp vs cpk, gage rr, p value, how to run t-test, reject Ho, tell me something the biggest technical challenges you solved (7 times), why apple, walk me through apple, why doing this times 7, and how you measure cmm vs OMM, whats the surface profile, bilateral vs unilateral , what is the maximum material condition and why, why run out, what if tolerence stack up and why why why, how to run DOE and root sum square , give me an example you use chi-square test to solve quality issue,? give me an example you use ANOVA test to solve quality issue,? When to use run chart vs control chart and why why why, what is stratification chart and how
      1 Answer
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