I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Apple (Cupertino, CA) in Oct 2023
Interview
I had three rounds. First round with a recruiter, was general and kind. Second round with department manager. Third round was a senior manager. I submitted a resume, cover letter, and reference letters. 3 weeks between each interview. Got denied.
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.