Machine Learning Engineer Interview Experience - Cupertino, California
Process
It was a pretty standard big tech interview process. At a high level, it had the following steps:
- Recruiter call
- Hiring Manager screen
- Technical phone screen
- Onsite
Questions
For technical, I got a LeetCode hard that I had not seen on their past three month tagged questions. Not necessarily an unreasonable question, but I had not seen it before and was not able to solve it on the spot.
Behavioral questions dived deep into experience highlighted on my resume.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 12 interview experiences for the Apple Machine Learning Engineer role in Cupertino, California.
Success Rate
Apple's interview process for their Machine Learning 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 Machine Learning Engineer interview process in Cupertino, California.
Apple Work Experiences
- 5.0General Apple reviewMachine Learning Engineer • Current EmployeeCupertino, California, United StatesAugust 26, 2025Pros: - Teammates from whom you can learn - Job stability - Good benefitsCons: - Low visibility across organizations.
- 4.0Good, matured company.Machine Learning Engineer • Current EmployeeCupertino, California, United StatesApril 14, 2025Pros: Benefits are okay. Pay could be better.Cons: Sometimes it feels like things are moving too slow here.
- 4.0Stable company, slow advancement.Machine Learning Engineer • Former EmployeeCupertino, California, United StatesMarch 16, 2025Pros: Strong talent and product ecosystem. Technical middle management. Legitimate focus on user privacy internally. Great office & environment design.Cons: Depending on the team, there may be middling product vision and infra. Promotions and pay come slowly. You need to really advocate for yourself, else no one will. Teams often work on secretive & siloed projects; communication can feel tough. Upper management makes the company feel very corporate and boomer.
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