Optical Engineer Interview Experience - Herzliya, Tel Aviv District
Process
5-6 interviews overall, 2 at a time (I've gone through 2).
One interview with the group manager and another engineer.
One interview with the group's software engineer (to check basic competence in Python).
The first interview included a "tell us what you did at X" and a system development exercise.
Questions
Design a system that follows the sun.
Given an array of numbers, retrieve the two largest numbers by going through the array only once.
Given an array of numbers, find the number that appears the most times in O(n) time.
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Interview Statistics
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Success Rate
Apple's interview process for their Optical Engineer roles in Herzliya, Tel Aviv District is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Apple's Optical Engineer interview process in Herzliya, Tel Aviv District.
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