The vacation and sick time, health insurance, pay, ESPP, and other benefits were so great; I was almost always impressed with the generosity and flexibility.
The culture was incredibly toxic and suffocating. The lack of diversity was very problematic; there were no women or POC (tech minorities) anywhere up my entire manager chain, all the way up to Tim Cook. People I worked with were often rude, impatient, and biased towards underrepresented minorities in tech. Management was unhelpful, often gaslighting complaints. HR was nowhere to be seen. The perks were not worth the trauma.
Educate yourself about the pitfalls of "inclusion and diversity" efforts.
Pay more attention to your team's culture and work to foster a warm and inclusive environment before a productive one. With the former, the latter will come. With only the latter, work is just miserable, even if productive.
The interview process started with a recruiter phone call, followed by an onsite interview. The interview was normal and moved along, but it was a little bit complicated, and I was not able to answer the questions.
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I had three interviews for the CarPlay team: two technical and one behavioral. The role was advertised as full-stack plus systems, but I was unexpectedly asked a lot of ML (Machine Learning) questions during the second technical interview, which I d
The interview process started with a recruiter phone call, followed by an onsite interview. The interview was normal and moved along, but it was a little bit complicated, and I was not able to answer the questions.
I had a total of three phone screens with Apple's software integration team. The first two phone screens were with the development manager of the team. The third phone interview was conducted by three senior engineers on the team and lasted about an
I had three interviews for the CarPlay team: two technical and one behavioral. The role was advertised as full-stack plus systems, but I was unexpectedly asked a lot of ML (Machine Learning) questions during the second technical interview, which I d