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Software Engineer Interview Experience

January 1, 2018
Negative ExperienceGot Offer

Process

One of the most unprofessional interviews I have ever been in.

I interviewed with three teams at Apple and cleared the technical phone screen with all of them. However, when I spoke to the hiring managers on the next call for each team, I started to wonder if I really wanted to work there.

Each hiring manager was very rude and the furthest thing from humble. They interrupted me regularly and mocked me about my age (I have four years of work experience, but I'm 25).

To add insult to injury, they all boasted about how their teams were building the next biggest thing (Maps, iTunes, Core).

I went to the on-site interviews and cleared all four rounds, but I never felt so uneasy interviewing.

TLDR; I received an offer but declined it because each of the hiring managers were complete jerks, even though those in the teams were really nice.

Questions

Find the Least Common Ancestor of two nodes in a tree.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 595 interview experiences for the Apple Software Engineer role in United States.

Success Rate

16%
Pass Rate

Apple's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in the United States is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive54%
Neutral28%
Negative18%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Apple's Software Engineer interview process in United States.

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