Hardware Engineer -- Noise and Vibration Interview Experience - Cupertino, California
Process
The first steps were phone interviews with two of their lead engineers. After a long delay (a couple of months), they invited me to Cupertino for an on-site interview.
This was a two-day process. If they were still interested after the first day, they brought you in for the second day to meet the leadership team. All travel was set up and paid for through their travel service. They also provided a per diem for incidental expenses (meals).
On the first day, they took me into a small interview room. They had about six people scheduled to speak with me for about 30-45 minutes each. One of them took me to lunch in the Apple cafeteria. The interview process lasted from about 9:30 AM to almost 2 PM. I was told I would get a call later in the afternoon with feedback on the day.
Unfortunately, when I got that call, I was told that they did not need me the next day. So, I cannot comment on what the second day is like. I did ask for feedback on why they decided to not bring me back in. The recruiter either would not answer that or didn't have that information, which I found disappointing. They did let me reschedule my flight so that I could leave earlier.
Questions
Interview questions were technical, usually in the vein of "You have this type of problem, what would be your approach to solve it?" They would ask follow-up questions to drill deeper.
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