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Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience - Cupertino, California

October 1, 2007
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Process

An engineer contacted me based on my technical blog.

I had a phone interview, then was flown out for a full interview. It was a pretty intense interview (I've been through an MS interview, too).

There were lots of people, and the interview was very focused on skills and knowledge, delivered in a really rapid-fire manner.

I was asked everything from database design to CSS questions.

I also had lunch with the hiring manager. They were smart folks.

Questions

Design a DB for Netflix

American flag CSS

JavaScript build system

General programming concepts (polymorphism, performance, MVC)

What kind of person are you? What kind of problems do you like to solve? etc.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 40 interview experiences for the Apple Senior Software Engineer role in Cupertino, California.

Success Rate

28%
Pass Rate

Apple's interview process for their Senior Software Engineer roles in Cupertino, California is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive43%
Neutral33%
Negative25%

Candidates reported having good feelings for Apple's Senior Software Engineer interview process in Cupertino, California.

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