I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Apple (Manila, Manila) in Aug 2023
Interview
The interview process for a software engineer at Apple is structured and demanding. It usually starts with a recruiter screening. This is a short call where the recruiter reviews your background, what kind of work you’ve done, and what type of role you’re targeting. They may ask light technical questions to see if your experience aligns with the team’s needs. If you pass this step, you move to a technical phone or online interview where you solve one or two coding problems in real time using a shared environment like CoderPad. These questions focus on core algorithms and data structures—things like arrays, graphs, trees, or dynamic programming. The interviewer will want you to explain your thought process, analyze complexity, and write clean, correct code.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given an array of integers, return the length of the longest increasing subsequence.
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.
The interview was easy, we talked about technical stuff in-depth: os, drivers. If they think you know something, they would ask you till they find where your knowledge ends. So be ready
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why driver makes all pages that commands in command buffer will work with present in memory before submission?
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.
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Question 1
LC Mediums and mentorship based behavioral questions.