Mechanical Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Apple with 3.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 52% positive. To compare, the company-average is 64% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Mechanical Engineer roles take an average of 27 days to get hired, when considering 52 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 Mechanical Engineer according to 52 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 24%
One on one interview: 20%
Skills test: 14%
Presentation: 14%
Group panel interview: 14%
Personality test: 5%
Background check: 5%
IQ intelligence test: 4%
Drug test: 2%
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I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Apple (Cupertino, CA) in Oct 2008
Interview
Interview went really well. Spent a long time talking about engineering philosophy with a product manager, as well as answering a couple of technical question. I did a really good job as far as I could tell. Apple HR wrote back and told me they were impressed, asking for information to schedule a followup interview.
Apple HR then strung me along for 6 months before I gave up on them. Whenever I wrote back they would say "yeah, we're interested, let me go talk to some managers." I really didn't appreciate it.
So yea, the interview itself was awesome and professional. HR - not so much.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
You put a glass of water on a record turntable and begin slowly increasing the speed. What happens first - does the glass slide off, tip over, or does the water splash out.
Recruiter found me on LinkedIn. I got a first round interview over call. They asked me some basic questions on manufacturing processes, my experience, and what skills I honed over the years. Overall a friendly interviewer
t Fabrica Robotics (Singapore) are described as difficult, technical, and fast-paced, focusing on AI, robotics, embedded systems, and software engineering. The process often involves a pre-interview technical assessment, followed by a face-to-face interview with
The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Apple (San Diego, CA)
Interview
Multiple stage, project based. Phone call, virtual interviews, take home project, explain project, present project and design reasoning to group, 8 or so one-on-one video calls, each about 30 minutes to an hour
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Beam Deflection, manufacturing reasoning and ideas