Apple

Software QA Engineer Interview Experience - Sunnyvale, California

October 1, 2015

Positive ExperienceGot Offer

Process

First, the recruiter sets up a phone interview.

Then, you will be contacted by the hiring manager. The manager will talk about your work experience and ask some problem-solving or basic debugging questions.

Next, you wait for the recruiter to get back to you.

If selected by the hiring manager, you will be invited for an on-site interview. This will be a full-day interview where you will meet people from QA, software developers, and the recruiter.

Questions

QA basics, C programming and pointers, problem solving, and software life cycle. Be ready to discuss your work experience.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the Apple Software QA Engineer role in Sunnyvale, California.

Success Rate

100%

Pass Rate

Apple's interview process for their Software QA Engineer roles in Sunnyvale, California is incredibly easy as the vast majority of engineers get an offer after going through it.

Experience Rating

Positive100%

Neutral0%

Negative0%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Apple's Software QA Engineer interview process in Sunnyvale, California.

Apple Work Experiences

Unclear direction and expected to be overworked

Software QA Engineer • Current Employee

Sunnyvale, California, United States

Pros: Work on the latest technology: * visionOS * iOS Good health care Decent 401k matching

Cons: Expect change daily. The team speaks Chinese instead of English. The team has inner circle people from China. Lack of transparency. Very good document and schedule planning.

Unclear direction and expected to be overworked

Software QA Engineer • Current Employee

Sunnyvale, California, United States

Pros: Work on the latest technology: * visionOS * iOS Good health care Decent 401k matching

Cons: Expect change daily. The team speaks Chinese instead of English. The team has inner circle people from China. Lack of transparency. Very good document and schedule planning.

Great place to work. Rough commute

Software QA Engineer • Former Employee

Sunnyvale, California, United States

Pros: The cafe food is amazing, and co-workers were excellent. I had quite a bit of downtime during which I was able to work on personal projects. There was also a lot of overtime available.

Cons: It was a little disorganized, and there were times when it seemed like my boss forgot I existed.

Great place to work. Rough commute

Software QA Engineer • Former Employee

Sunnyvale, California, United States

Pros: The cafe food is amazing, and co-workers were excellent. I had quite a bit of downtime during which I was able to work on personal projects. There was also a lot of overtime available.

Cons: It was a little disorganized, and there were times when it seemed like my boss forgot I existed.

Nice Colleague, Awkward Office

Software QA Engineer • Current Employee

Cupertino, California, United States

Pros: Tim is nice in person.

Cons: Giant circles are hard to walk around.

Nice Colleague, Awkward Office

Software QA Engineer • Current Employee

Cupertino, California, United States

Pros: Tim is nice in person.

Cons: Giant circles are hard to walk around.

Unclear direction and expected to be overworked

Software QA Engineer • Current Employee

Sunnyvale, California, United States

Pros: Work on the latest technology: * visionOS * iOS Good health care Decent 401k matching

Cons: Expect change daily. The team speaks Chinese instead of English. The team has inner circle people from China. Lack of transparency. Very good document and schedule planning.

3.0
Unclear direction and expected to be overworked
Software QA Engineer • Current Employee
Sunnyvale, California, United States
March 18, 2024
Pros: Work on the latest technology: * visionOS * iOS Good health care Decent 401k matching
Cons: Expect change daily. The team speaks Chinese instead of English. The team has inner circle people from China. Lack of transparency. Very good document and schedule planning.

Great place to work. Rough commute

Software QA Engineer • Former Employee

Sunnyvale, California, United States

Pros: The cafe food is amazing, and co-workers were excellent. I had quite a bit of downtime during which I was able to work on personal projects. There was also a lot of overtime available.

Cons: It was a little disorganized, and there were times when it seemed like my boss forgot I existed.

5.0
Great place to work. Rough commute
Software QA Engineer • Former Employee
Sunnyvale, California, United States
March 16, 2016
Pros: The cafe food is amazing, and co-workers were excellent. I had quite a bit of downtime during which I was able to work on personal projects. There was also a lot of overtime available.
Cons: It was a little disorganized, and there were times when it seemed like my boss forgot I existed.

Nice Colleague, Awkward Office

Software QA Engineer • Current Employee

Cupertino, California, United States

Pros: Tim is nice in person.

Cons: Giant circles are hard to walk around.

2.0
Nice Colleague, Awkward Office
Software QA Engineer • Current Employee
Cupertino, California, United States
May 29, 2025
Pros: Tim is nice in person.
Cons: Giant circles are hard to walk around.

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