Process
Interview for a machine learning internship in the Siri understanding team.
The interview lasted 30 minutes and mainly focused on previous project experience and related details.
The interviewer was mainly interested in audio-related questions.
Questions
Autoregression
L1 loss vs. L2 loss
Regularization
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 36 interview experiences for the Apple Machine Learning Engineer role in United States.
Success Rate
11%
Pass Rate
Apple's interview process for their Machine Learning Engineer roles in the United States is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Positive44%
Neutral50%
Negative6%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Apple's Machine Learning Engineer interview process in United States.
Apple Work Experiences
5.0
Growth Despite Top-down Direction
Machine Learning Engineer • Current Employee
Singapore, Singapore
October 6, 2025
Pros: Good perks.
Lots of room to grow.
Cons: Too much top-down direction from leadership.
5.0
Great Benefits, Manager Hinders
Machine Learning Engineer • Current Employee
Seattle, Washington, United States
June 28, 2025
Pros: Good benefit: paid leave, generous holidays.
Cons: Politics and a non-technical manager make career development difficult.
5.0
Great Projects, Micromanaged Politics
Machine Learning Engineer • Current Employee
November 21, 2021
Pros: Good benefits and TC, as APPL is increasing and there are lots of new interesting projects.
Cons: Micro-management. Lots of political things happening.
- 5.0Growth Despite Top-down DirectionMachine Learning Engineer • Current EmployeeSingapore, SingaporeOctober 6, 2025Pros: Good perks. Lots of room to grow.Cons: Too much top-down direction from leadership.
- 5.0Great Benefits, Manager HindersMachine Learning Engineer • Current EmployeeSeattle, Washington, United StatesJune 28, 2025Pros: Good benefit: paid leave, generous holidays.Cons: Politics and a non-technical manager make career development difficult.
- 5.0Great Projects, Micromanaged PoliticsMachine Learning Engineer • Current EmployeeNovember 21, 2021Pros: Good benefits and TC, as APPL is increasing and there are lots of new interesting projects.Cons: Micro-management. Lots of political things happening.
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