Engineer Interview Experience - Cupertino, California
Process
The interview process was relatively straightforward: two phone screens followed by an on-site interview.
My main complaint with this whole process was the recruiter. His communication was essentially non-existent the entire time. I felt like I was recruiting myself.
After the on-site interview, I was supposed to hear back within one week. After not hearing back for almost two weeks, I emailed the recruiter for an update. Then, in an almost auto-reply fashion, I received a very generic rejection email. It felt like an auto-generated response, as if "Oh, I forgot to tell this candidate he was a no, let me send this email real quick, copy, paste, done." I felt like I was just another number.
I'm pretty sure if I had never emailed him for a status update, he would have never replied back to me. I was very, very disappointed with this unprofessional communication.
Questions
About previous roles, technical questions, and a very deep and very broad range of topics.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 17 interview experiences for the Apple Engineer role in Cupertino, California.
Success Rate
Apple's interview process for their Engineer roles in Cupertino, California is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Apple's Engineer interview process in Cupertino, California.
Apple Work Experiences
- 4.0Fun place to work, but watch out for politics and your careerEngineer • Current EmployeeCupertino, California, United StatesJanuary 19, 2010Pros: Exciting products that you can feel associated with. You are given opportunities to work with smart, creative people. Depending on the team or job, it can be an exciting, challenging experience. Great campus and work environment at corporate headquarters.Cons: Depending on the job, you may just get stuck implementing others' or management's decisions. You can get blindsided by politics (re-orgs, program cuts, or even layoffs). No formal training is available internally. You must learn on the job (if you are lucky) or find external means (classes, books, web) to learn or get experience with new technologies. It's difficult to transfer internally to other positions - there's no career pathing this way; you are on your own. HR offers little support in this area (perhaps they are powerless). Also, your boss can easily block a transfer if they choose.
- 4.0Good Pay, Some Team FrictionEngineer • Current EmployeeCupertino, California, United StatesFebruary 24, 2025Pros: Good work-life balance. Good compensation.Cons: Slightly bad communication with cross-functional team.
- 4.0Expected of the biggest company in the worldEngineer • Current EmployeeCupertino, California, United StatesNovember 5, 2020Pros: Very safe, good benefits, okay pay.Cons: Large, hard to move the leadership ladder.
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