I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Apple (Cupertino, CA)
Interview
At the first, talked to HR first, then they setup an interview with the hiring manager, if you passed the first round interview, then go to second round which to talk to 5 people panels.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Introduce yourself, What is CICD, how to use it? what is the HDR in video? what is the media transfer protocol? how does it work? what protocol does Mac use to transfer the media package? What is the challenge do you have at your current work?
Recruiter was very responsive, she was communicating in timely manner and gave me preparation tips for virtual on-site interviews. Interviewers showed up in time, gave me sufficient time in between two interviews and they were professional.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Phone interview asked reverse integer (do not use string conversion)
virtual on-site interview, one of the coding question was very difficult for me, somehow to use graph dfs algorithm
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Apple (Cupertino, CA) in Jan 2019
Interview
The process was very quick. I got 2 phone interviews and one on site within a month.
The HR rep was professional. Although I dind't make it to the 2nd round on-site but it was very good experience with Apple.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The interview questions include both technical & soft skills
Senior Software QA Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Apple with 3.4 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 Senior Software QA Engineer roles take an average of 32 days to get hired, when considering 5 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 Senior Software QA Engineer according to 5 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 29%
One on one interview: 29%
Skills test: 14%
Group panel interview: 14%
Personality test: 7%
Background check: 7%
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