Software Engineer Interview Experience - Sunnyvale, California
January 1, 2017
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer
Process
Mostly coding interview questions. Surprisingly, the people were very nice to me.
The questions were standard, the kind you can find on Topcoder, GeeksforGeeks, and LeetCode.
However, I did not like the place at all. There wasn't even a place to sit before the interview.
But the recruiter was a very nice person and helped me very well throughout the process. Anyway, after seeing the working place, I have decided not to try for Apple in the near future.
Questions
Standard questions such as Trees, Tries, Graph Traversals, etc.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 13 interview experiences for the Apple Software Engineer role in Sunnyvale, California.
Success Rate
31%
Pass Rate
Apple's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in Sunnyvale, California is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Positive54%
Neutral31%
Negative15%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Apple's Software Engineer interview process in Sunnyvale, California.
Apple Work Experiences
5.0
One of the great ones
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Sunnyvale, California, United States
November 25, 2018
Pros: Strong company with good engineers and management to work with.
Cons: On average, limited upside for career growth.
1.0
Here are the bad things
Software Engineer • Former Employee
Sunnyvale, California, United States
April 9, 2020
Pros: Great pay, great benefits, and you have Apple on your resume.
Cons: Reviews are accurate, all of the bad ones at least. They use a lot of offshore contractors, and a high percentage are not good. The same goes for the managers; they used to be not-so-good contractors and are managers now.
It's not usually bad to use contractors due to the flexibility of scaling up and down on people. But when you have 5 employees and 15 contractors, and they just come and go, you don't really have that flexibility. It's the same 15 positions, but filled by people who are taken to extreme burnout and are writing code and creating designs worse than recent grads.
Engineer quality is the worst I've ever seen in my life overall, with 18 YOE. Are there good folks there? Yes, absolutely. But when you have 5 employees and 15 contractors, and 50% suck and are offshore in India on a completely different timezone, you are in for a mess and a career hara-kiri.
Unless you are making much less than the current TC offered, I would advise against it. It doesn't matter the team, trust me on that. I have experienced and interacted with several teams; it's all the same.
If the TC is significantly higher, take it, and leave soon for a similar paying company. I'm looking for my way out.
All the contractors are from Tata Consulting and Infosys. Those guys are suffering and being exploited.
100% of the people I've interacted with are Indians. Diversity is 0%. It's incredible; you feel like you are in India yourself. I've never seen this in my life, and I've worked in all the MAGAF.
5.0
Great Pay, Work-life Balance
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Sunnyvale, California, United States
April 12, 2021
Pros: Overall great, good pay, good work-life balance.
Cons: Have issues with H1B sponsorship
- 5.0One of the great onesSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSunnyvale, California, United StatesNovember 25, 2018Pros: Strong company with good engineers and management to work with.Cons: On average, limited upside for career growth.
- 1.0Here are the bad thingsSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeSunnyvale, California, United StatesApril 9, 2020Pros: Great pay, great benefits, and you have Apple on your resume.Cons: Reviews are accurate, all of the bad ones at least. They use a lot of offshore contractors, and a high percentage are not good. The same goes for the managers; they used to be not-so-good contractors and are managers now. It's not usually bad to use contractors due to the flexibility of scaling up and down on people. But when you have 5 employees and 15 contractors, and they just come and go, you don't really have that flexibility. It's the same 15 positions, but filled by people who are taken to extreme burnout and are writing code and creating designs worse than recent grads. Engineer quality is the worst I've ever seen in my life overall, with 18 YOE. Are there good folks there? Yes, absolutely. But when you have 5 employees and 15 contractors, and 50% suck and are offshore in India on a completely different timezone, you are in for a mess and a career hara-kiri. Unless you are making much less than the current TC offered, I would advise against it. It doesn't matter the team, trust me on that. I have experienced and interacted with several teams; it's all the same. If the TC is significantly higher, take it, and leave soon for a similar paying company. I'm looking for my way out. All the contractors are from Tata Consulting and Infosys. Those guys are suffering and being exploited. 100% of the people I've interacted with are Indians. Diversity is 0%. It's incredible; you feel like you are in India yourself. I've never seen this in my life, and I've worked in all the MAGAF.
- 5.0Great Pay, Work-life BalanceSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSunnyvale, California, United StatesApril 12, 2021Pros: Overall great, good pay, good work-life balance.Cons: Have issues with H1B sponsorship
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