Apple

A friend submitted my name to Apple HR. The HR person emailed me to set up the first phone interview with a manager. The first one went well, and the HR person then set up a second phone interview with another manager and said it would take 45 minute

Typical CS code interview: you are expected to write code on a whiteboard in under 45 minutes on whatever CS algorithm or task the interviewer wants. It's a total crapshoot if you happen to know or can solve the problem in time.

The first interview consisted of a phone conversation with a recruiter who was very positive and high-energy. It was a typical recruiter filtering process—seeing if I had the skills and was able to carry on a conversation about my background with con