The interview process includes:

• 2 rounds of phone technical interviews
• 6 rounds of on-site interviews

Each on-site interview round is one hour long and includes two engineers, plus a manager.

One round involves live coding on a laptop, depending on the hiring team.

The on-site interview is well-organized and includes a team lunch with the team and recruiter.

The interview process mostly consists of job-related questions, including designing using OO concepts.

You'll be asked to solve simple coding puzzles, but there will be a lot of grilling on bug-free code and ensuring all test cases are covered.

Mid-level game design with pseudocode is also a component.

In all rounds, coding speed is measured and compared with young engineers under 30 years old.

I observed that most (70%+) of the engineers in the cafeteria are in their twenties.

It's obvious that Apple is looking for young and fast coders.

All managers are in their mid to late thirties, though.

Tip: Having connections can help you land the job.