I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Apple (Cupertino, CA) in Oct 2011
Interview
First phone interview, then a 24 hour assignment, then on-site interview with about 10 different managers. Received and accepted offer about a week after interview.
Interview questions were very technical and consisted of solving problems live on whiteboard.
Don't let a bad interview ruin your recruiting process: I believe I blew a couple of interviews but was pretty good on others. I felt like 5 good interviews versus 3 bad ones and I got the job. Just stay polite and answer the questions as good as you can. Tell the interviewers how you think, I believe that's more important than if you solve all the problems correctly. Think structured and pay attention to detail!
Screening, followed by onsite. At least 4-5 hours of interview sessions. Diagramming on white board. Questions on digital design and signal integrity. Tough. Detailed. Also questions on experience and culture fit.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Where should you place the capacitor on a power pin?
It was 3 stage process with technical, hr, culture fit round and they asked medium problems with covering basics of the circuits design, digital electronics. And they also gone through cv and asked situation questions
Recruiter reached out and first conversation
Then first and second round of 45 min technical interview. The technical interview need critical thinking and have a fresh mind of all fundamentals of electronics