I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Apple (Cupertino, CA) in Aug 2013
Interview
Contacted by HR via linkedin - sent the resume - set up the interview: 3 rounds of phone interviews. 1 round with the manager, introducing me with the current openings and went over my resume to find out where my interest and strength is. 2nd interview with an engineer on one team, asking my experience in his realm and decided that I should be a good fit for another team -- thank god they had several openings for my area. With that said, 3rd round was a talk with the engineer on that particular team, which was determined to be a smooth and pleasant conversation because both sides knew the result in advance.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why did you go to XXX university for your grad program?
I applied through university. I interviewed at Apple
Interview
45 min screening round. asked general questions about the physical design process including basics like setup/hold. asked me to draw circuits and basic digital design concepts. wasn't too difficult but they ghosted me
Resume based shortlist and interview of 2 rounds core concept based questions only no dsa i only attended round 1 didnt shortlist for round 2 it was easy but my interviewer were asking situation based questions
Had three interviews all about an hour each. Did it through WebEx.
Two were from FTEs in the team and the last one was with the manager.
The first one asked about some basic ML concepts. The others talked about my research.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Asked a "what would you do if" question related to one of the topics of research they did before.