Embedded Software 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 53% positive. To compare, the company-average is 64% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Embedded Software Engineer roles take an average of 28 days to get hired, when considering 34 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 Embedded Software Engineer according to 34 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 29%
Skills test: 24%
One on one interview: 21%
Group panel interview: 10%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
Presentation: 5%
Background check: 3%
Personality test: 2%
Drug test: 2%
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Phone interview with the hiring manager, not hard, basic os questions. Friendly. It takes ten days to get the result. After that, there are four rounds of panel interviews. ......
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Apple (Cupertino, CA) in Mar 2026
Interview
The first phone screen was about questions regarding applicant's resume and experience.
The Interview was intense with each interviewer asking a behavioural questions with follow ups and then a technical question with C coding.
I was eliminated after the first round. The process included a recruiter screen followed by a 45-minute call with the hiring manager. We covered role scope, prior projects, and technical depth, but I did not advance to the next stage.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
volatile
Binary semaphore
Static keyword meaning
System design questions
one round phone + five rounds VO + two rounds leadership with senior manager and director. Got verbal offer but upper-level didn't approve it later.
VO is one week later than phone interview. two rounds leadership with senior manager and director two weeks later than the panel