IT divisions are the same around the world
IT divisions are the same around the world
The massive scale challenges faced by the Apple IS&T division provide a great environment to elevate your skills. The IS&T model of using lots of low-skilled contractors can be a great way to learn how to manage teams and get things done with poor-quality tools.
The outsourcing model to contractors from the lowest-bidding vendors is more of a management drain than a benefit. The struggle to corral a horde of barely-competent people and get something accomplished is frustrating, and the overhead is plenty of waste.
Hire more smart employees and fire vast numbers of low-commodity contractors.
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Software Engineer (Internship)
Overall smooth. Had 3 interviews: one behavioral and 2 technical. Heavy system design and debugging. Interviewers were nice, standard interview format with an introduction and then mostly technical questions. Some OOP concepts needed as well.
Machine Learning Engineer
It was a pretty standard big tech interview process. At a high level, it had the following steps: * Recruiter call * Hiring Manager screen * Technical phone screen * Onsite
Design Verification Intern
One interview, supposed to be with the hiring manager, was followed by a group of three interviews. These interviews were primarily focused on computer architecture and verification concepts. There was also some coding related to these computer archi
Software Engineer (Internship)
Cupertino, California, United StatesNovember 18, 2025Overall smooth. Had 3 interviews: one behavioral and 2 technical. Heavy system design and debugging. Interviewers were nice, standard interview format with an introduction and then mostly technical questions. Some OOP concepts needed as well.
Machine Learning Engineer
Cupertino, California, United StatesNovember 17, 2025It was a pretty standard big tech interview process. At a high level, it had the following steps: * Recruiter call * Hiring Manager screen * Technical phone screen * Onsite
Design Verification Intern
Cupertino, California, United StatesNovember 4, 2025One interview, supposed to be with the hiring manager, was followed by a group of three interviews. These interviews were primarily focused on computer architecture and verification concepts. There was also some coding related to these computer archi
