I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Apple in Oct 2021
Interview
I was setup for failure from the very start. The recruiter didn't mention that it would be swift specific interview so I spent days prepping with LC and system design, only to get hit with swift-ui specific questions. The interviewers were mad at me for bothering them on a Friday afternoon. Their condescending tone haunts me every time I close my eyes. I got berated for not knowing stuff that I didn't get a chance to prep for. All of this could have been avoided with some clear communication from the recruiter/team about what they were expecting from me during the interview. For the sake of my mental health, if this is the tone of an Apple SWE Intern interview, I will stay away from this company for the foreseeable future.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
- General questions about MVC
- Build a swift-ui app live on the interviewer's mac
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.
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
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why driver makes all pages that commands in command buffer will work with present in memory before submission?
6 rounds. 1 Technical Screening. Then onsite loop consisted of 4 rounds of behavioral, 2 technicals, and 1 sys design. Had an additional Hiring Manager round since I was borderline.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
LC Mediums and mentorship based behavioral questions.