Apple

Software Developer Interview Experience - Cupertino, California

February 1, 2017

Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

5 rounds of interview.

Coding round, algo rounds, and HR round.

Coding round was very tough, as they expected at least 3 languages proficiency.

Mainly preferred: Java, Scala, Ruby, and C.

This was followed by a group panel round.

Questions

Design an algorithm

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 4 interview experiences for the Apple Software Developer role in Cupertino, California.

Success Rate

Pass Rate

Apple's interview process for their Software Developer roles in Cupertino, California is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive50%

Neutral25%

Negative25%

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

Apple Interview Questions

LRU Cache

Medium

Design a data structure that acts as a Least Recently Used (LRU) cache. Implement methods to get and put key-value pairs, evicting the least recently used entry when the cache is full.

Linked ListsDynamic Programming

Best Time to Buy and Sell Stock

Easy

You're given daily stock prices. Find the maximum profit you can make by buying and selling the stock once. You must buy before you sell.

ArraysDynamic ProgrammingGreedy Algorithms

Top K Frequent Elements

Medium

Find the k most frequent elements in a given array of numbers. Return the top k elements based on their frequency.

ArraysStacks