Engineering Interview Experience - Cupertino, California
April 1, 2009
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer
Process
I received a call from the recruiter at Apple. He then scheduled me for an in-person interview.
Two people interviewed me, with each session lasting 45 minutes.
The interview was both behavioral and technical. The technical portion covered high-level, general concepts and the product life cycle process.
Questions
In an ideal world, what would you like to be?
- Perfect programmer
- Code and leave things for others to clean up
- Jack of all trades
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 13 interview experiences for the Apple Engineering role in Cupertino, California.
Success Rate
31%
Pass Rate
Apple's interview process for their Engineering roles in Cupertino, California is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Positive77%
Neutral8%
Negative15%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Apple's Engineering interview process in Cupertino, California.
Apple Work Experiences
4.0
BS, just to look at another company
Engineering • Current Employee
Cupertino, California, United States
September 1, 2022
Pros: Apple big cool company, yay!
Cons: The company feels too big at times, which leads to many roadblocks.
5.0
Great Place to Work
Engineering • Current Employee
San Jose, California, United States
August 11, 2023
Pros: Strong culture of execution and getting things done.
Cons: A tough place to get used to the pace and expectations.
1.0
Robot Culture, Terrible Management
Engineering • Former Employee
Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
January 23, 2019
Pros: No good things there. The Israeli site [is] pretty bad.
Cons: No work-life balance. People are like robots. Bad HR and recruiting process. The recruiting manager is the worst – can’t work with people.
- 4.0BS, just to look at another companyEngineering • Current EmployeeCupertino, California, United StatesSeptember 1, 2022Pros: Apple big cool company, yay!Cons: The company feels too big at times, which leads to many roadblocks.
- 5.0Great Place to WorkEngineering • Current EmployeeSan Jose, California, United StatesAugust 11, 2023Pros: Strong culture of execution and getting things done.Cons: A tough place to get used to the pace and expectations.
- 1.0Robot Culture, Terrible ManagementEngineering • Former EmployeeTel Aviv-Yafo, IsraelJanuary 23, 2019Pros: No good things there. The Israeli site [is] pretty bad.Cons: No work-life balance. People are like robots. Bad HR and recruiting process. The recruiting manager is the worst – can’t work with people.
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