Software Engineer Interview Experience - Cupertino, California
January 1, 2022
Positive ExperienceGot Offer
Process
- 30-minute screening interview with a coding question.
Full day of coding/behavioral questions.
The questions were geared specifically to the role and involved group interviews (multiple interviewers).
Completely virtual interview.
Questions
Given a string that doesn’t fit in memory on a single machine, split it at each space and return the count of spaces.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 162 interview experiences for the Apple Software Engineer role in Cupertino, California.
Success Rate
22%
Pass Rate
Apple's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in Cupertino, California is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Positive57%
Neutral23%
Negative20%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Apple's Software Engineer interview process in Cupertino, California.
Apple Work Experiences
3.0
Working at Apple
Software Engineer • Former Employee
Cupertino, California, United States
November 5, 2025
Pros: Good people.
Great pay.
Campus is beautiful, and the food is delicious.
Cons: They expect you to live to work.
Zero sense of community.
Some good managers, some bad; you're rolling the dice.
3.0
Stable job with some messiness
Software Engineer • Former Employee
Cupertino, California, United States
October 21, 2024
Pros: Relatively relaxed and access to a lot of great company resources and perks. Good work-life balance in my experience.
Cons: My department was badly managed and had a lot of red tape. Half of my team did not have access to the other half's work.
There was a lot of uncertainty, as many projects would start then get canceled shortly after, and contractors would be terminated.
Knowledge was very specialized as well, so it wasn't helpful for future roles.
5.0
Good, stable company
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Cupertino, California, United States
August 2, 2024
Pros: Interesting work with good compensation makes it an ideal place to work. Senior leadership knows what they are doing.
Cons: Nothing really as of now.
- 3.0Working at AppleSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeCupertino, California, United StatesNovember 5, 2025Pros: Good people. Great pay. Campus is beautiful, and the food is delicious.Cons: They expect you to live to work. Zero sense of community. Some good managers, some bad; you're rolling the dice.
- 3.0Stable job with some messinessSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeCupertino, California, United StatesOctober 21, 2024Pros: Relatively relaxed and access to a lot of great company resources and perks. Good work-life balance in my experience.Cons: My department was badly managed and had a lot of red tape. Half of my team did not have access to the other half's work. There was a lot of uncertainty, as many projects would start then get canceled shortly after, and contractors would be terminated. Knowledge was very specialized as well, so it wasn't helpful for future roles.
- 5.0Good, stable companySoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeCupertino, California, United StatesAugust 2, 2024Pros: Interesting work with good compensation makes it an ideal place to work. Senior leadership knows what they are doing.Cons: Nothing really as of now.
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