I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Apple (Cupertino, CA) in Jul 2025
Interview
Had an initial Hiring Manager screen for 45 mins.
Discussed about projects and questions related to OS, C++.
Moved to next technical coding after 2 weeks. Had 3 easy questions in C++ in that round.
Moved to Onsite after this with 5 rounds.
Each round has 1-2 coding questions and couple of culture fit questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Reverse the bits of an 32 bit integer
Longest substring in a string.
Around 2 months after I submitted my resume for Apple software engineer position, I got a call from the hiring manager. He asked me what was the good day for the interview. It took half day for meeting 5 people. It was long hour interview for me. Each interviewer spent ~ 30 minutes and asked ~ 4 questions. Each interviewer asked questions in the different areas.
6 rounds. 1 Technical Screening. Then onsite loop consisted of 4 rounds of behavioral, 2 technicals, and 1 sys design. Had an additional Hiring Manager round since I was borderline.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
LC Mediums and mentorship based behavioral questions.
6 rounds. Started with phone screen with HM about past projects.
Onsite rounds
1: OOD
2. Multi threading
3. Java design pattern and Immutable classes
4. HM
All the rounds were heavily focused on Java