I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Apple (Cupertino, CA) in Mar 2023
Interview
Got a referral from a friend in Apple, then got the interview for the Display Mechanical Engineer. The interview was pretty tough, though the interviewer was nice and smiling all the time.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Quick go-through of CV 2. Classic Apple beam bending and stress-strain curve 3. Many FEA questions: interpolation, element type, etc. 4. FMEA
The interview process was very smooth and I got very good feedback form the interviewers and overall went very well but randomly got an email with a rejection and no feedback was given.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Basic beam bending, stress strain curve, sn curve, basics of heat transfer.
Very direct interview process. In the first interview I was asked only about resume and how my experience mapped to the job requirements. The second interview was mainly technical questions on different mechanical engg topics
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Beam theory, heat transfer, mechanics of materials
Display Mechanical Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Apple with 3.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 25% positive. To compare, the company-average is 64% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Display Mechanical Engineer roles take an average of 10 days to get hired, when considering 8 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 Display Mechanical Engineer according to 8 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 26%
One on one interview: 21%
Skills test: 16%
Group panel interview: 16%
Other: 5%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
Drug test: 5%
Presentation: 5%
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