Senior Product Design Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Apple with 4.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 33% positive. To compare, the company-average is 64% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior Product Design Engineer roles take an average of 66 days to get hired, when considering 3 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 Product Design Engineer according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 18%
One on one interview: 18%
Presentation: 18%
Group panel interview: 18%
Skills test: 9%
Personality test: 9%
Background check: 9%
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Very extensive interview, almost faced 15 1:1s, then design challenge. The design challenge screwed me up. No offer. Very tough process, but enjoyed the challenging interviews. Look forward to future opportunities.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Cantilever beam, materials, mechanisms, various design challenges during 1:1s
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Apple (Saratoga, CA) in Apr 2015
Interview
I sent in my resume through a former colleague who is now working in the group I am applying to. It took them 5 month to contact me but once it started rolling, it went fast. After the initial phone screen with the HR, I had another phone call with the hiring manager. There were questions regarding my experience and some engineering fundamentals. The next day I was notified by the HR that the senior manager would like to have another phone interview one day after. Still the same question as the last one so I think he just want to double check before spending the money to bring me onsite. The next day the HR told me I will receive a design challenge and have 2 weeks to finish it. I submitted the design package on the Monday of the week which they invited me onsite. I flew coast-to-coast so they allowed me to stay a night before the interview. On the interview I had seven 1-on-1s and one 2-on-1, followed by a presentation introducing my design challenge work to about 15 people. The interview went from 9am non-stop all the way to 4pm. I was only offered a cup of water during the day. I was brought to lunch by the former colleague but it was another interview with bunch of technical questions so I wasn't able to eat well. Fortunately I took a bottle of juice, which was a life saver. They would escrow the candidate (me) to bathrooms and have someone peeing with me... which is kinda silly. After the onsite interview the hiring manager told me I could expect to hear from them before the weekend but actually it took them two more weeks to tell me that though they think I am good, they felt there's mismatch between my skill set and their expectation. The HR told me he recommended me to another group within Apple and the HR from that group will contact me if they are hiring. Not surprisingly, I never heard from that group. One thing makes the experience a little bit unpleasant was that I used about two months to chase the trip coordinator for my per diem reimbursement. I almost felt they did not intend to reimburse me.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you select the datum for a particular design and what's the worst case stack-up.
I applied through college or university. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Apple (Boston, MA) in Feb 2020
Interview
I was put through multiple rounds of interview meeting team members and completing design challenges but was ghosted after my 5th round of interviews. Interviews comprised of behavioural and technical questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Draw a stress-strain graph and label the key points on it.