Great innovative place to work, but long hours and too much down management
Great innovative place to work, but long hours and too much down management
Interesting things to do all the time and a lot of flexibility in how you achieve your goals. Can get any information you want from sub-cons. Apple does not lay off people because it does not hire too many (pros and cons to this). Your colleagues are usually very motivated and technically good.
As time went on, EPMs have taken over and drive unrealistic schedules. I spent a lot of time fighting back and having to explain every 3 months why, engineering-wise, things are not possible without additional resources. But since Apple does not hire lots of people, you are spending long hours. It is very difficult to move up in engineering if you are in small divisions.
Reward your employees more and listen to your engineers.
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Recruited through a referral. Skyped with the recruiter. Went through a phone interview and then had a face-to-face with the recruiter. After a week, I had an interview with the Director. It was a very complex interview process, with five rounds.
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I applied through a recruiter. The entire process took two and a half months. It consisted of: * Two phone interviews * An extensive written exercise that took several days to complete * An onsite interview at Apple After the onsite interview, the
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San Francisco, California, United StatesMarch 25, 2026Phone screen was pleasant. First interview was technical; they asked me about the automation process and designing a pick and place system. Second interview, I expected behavioral, but it was heavily technical on stack-up analysis.
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San Francisco, California, United StatesDecember 1, 2018I applied through a recruiter. The entire process took two and a half months. It consisted of: * Two phone interviews * An extensive written exercise that took several days to complete * An onsite interview at Apple After the onsite interview, the
