Antenna Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Apple with 3 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 Antenna Engineer roles take an average of 11 days to get hired, when considering 11 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 Antenna Engineer according to 11 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 38%
One on one interview: 24%
Group panel interview: 14%
Skills test: 14%
Presentation: 5%
Background check: 5%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Apple (Cupertino, CA)
Interview
Phone interview and one day onsite interview with antenna engineers.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Probability problem or series of numbers to complete.
Simple antenna theory: reflection coefficient, dipole, PIFA, IFA, FRIIS equation, patch antenna...
How can you cover the 700-900 MHz and 1700-1900 GHz band? (you need matching network)
If you have two hours to make a dipole antenna how would you do? (if that's the job of an antenna engineer at Apple then I don't want the job).
One of them asked me about the gain definition.... I had to explain him that the IEEE gain does not include the mismatch loss (only the realized gain does).
Unit of directivity?
Very insulting question when you have a PhD degree like also: what is the relationship between voltage current and capacitance.
Some of the engineer where good and very nice. Sone others did not even care about the interview. One of them took me to the lunch barely spoke with me and realized when we came back that we were supposed to have the interview while having lunch (So I had only 5 mins of interview instead of 30mins).
First, there will be an interview with the supervisor and HR, and then there will be a technical interview. After 4 rounds of interviews, most of the interviewers were experienced engineers. The whole process is very professional, but HR will not proactively inform the results.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Effect of Antenna Substrate Thickness on Radiation Efficiency
I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Apple in Jan 2022
Interview
I applied on the Apple website, a recruiter arranged the interview, and I had a technical interview for about 1 hour. after a week I received an email. the interview was not difficult but it was very focused on printed antenna solutions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
how to make circular polarization with monopole antennas. explaining the Maxwell equations. how to measure the phase center.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Apple (Los Angeles, CA) in Jan 2022
Interview
The technical part was okay but HR was a mess, they would forget to call or follow up or get back to me. They were a lot of nice and knowledgeable engineer I talked to.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
- patch antenna questions - fundamentals about received signal