I applied online. I interviewed at Apple (San Jose, CA) in Jan 2020
Interview
I was told that it's a phone call and will not be technical interview. But the engineer that interviewed me sent me a picture by SMS and wanted me to answer it and write down a piece of code on a paper and take photo by my phone and send it back to him by SMS. I was supersized that he is interviewing for Apple and disappointed me!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The questions were about the verification technics and Random constraints generation.
Had a HR screening first and then went to 1st round of technical interview. The HR interview is short and happened over phone call. The technical interview happens over webex.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
HR: Location preferences, availability, GPA
Technical: CDC, Metastability in digital circuit, State Diagram of Sequence Detector, Clock and Power Gating.
It was good everyone were easy to talk to and helpful when stuck. Position experience. Questions were medium difficulty. It was related to asic design. Had an interview screening then panel interview
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Apple
Interview
Contacted by HR and had a brief phone screen to talk about past coursework and interest. 1st round technical interview on timing constraints, bus protocols, and verilog coding. Also digged into projects on resume.
ASIC Design Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Apple with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 40% positive. To compare, the company-average is 64% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for ASIC Design Engineer roles take an average of 26 days to get hired, when considering 15 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Apple overall takes an average of 29 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Apple as a ASIC Design Engineer according to 15 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 33%
Skills test: 27%
One on one interview: 20%
Personality test: 7%
Group panel interview: 7%
IQ intelligence test: 7%
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