I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Apple (Santa Clara, CA) in Mar 2024
Interview
This was the first round for entry-level, i.e., recent graduate positions. The interview lasted for 45 mins. first 20 min were strictly resumed and discussed the recent project. and the next 15 minutes were spent on the following question
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Write a scoreboard in SV or UVM for simple alu where there is an 8 bit input that is changing value every clock cycle and the output should be equal to sum of previous 5 inputs.
The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Apple (New York, NY)
Interview
Asked about projects done in coursework for verification and 2 coding questions one in System Verilog and one in C++.
Interviewer wasn't interactive at all, I had no idea about what the question was as well and tried clarifying it with her but she was not clarifying it.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1) C++ code to set the matrix MxN to zero if any element in MxN is zero.
(leetcode medium question)
2) write constraint to set 32 bit address to be word aligned and 1kb in length
I applied online. I interviewed at Apple in Feb 2021
Interview
Interview was highly interactive. The recruiter asked about broad general questions about testing plan, and then proceeded to ask coding questions for sample design modules. Questions were few in number (4) but had great depth
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Write a test plan for asynchronous reset flip flop