Hardware Intern applicants have rated the interview process at Apple with 3.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 92% positive. To compare, the company-average is 63.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Hardware Intern roles take an average of 25 days to get hired, when considering 13 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 Hardware Intern according to 13 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 30%
Skills test: 25%
One on one interview: 20%
Presentation: 10%
Background check: 5%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
Group panel interview: 5%
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I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Apple
Interview
3 rounds. All technical and resume based qs, Long gap between rounds. Process took 2 mobths from 1st interview to rejection. Interviewers were friendly and interested in convo. No leetcode for this role, but asked if i could code.
4 rounds of leetcode easy questions, some VLSI questions, and questions on the Virtuoso platform. Some of the questions were curated by the interviewer (no leetcode could prep you, but if you knew how to code straightforward enough)
1. Asked about my educational background and projects.
2. A couple HDL programming problems such as state machine, d_latch, and basic computer architecture questions.
3. Embedded system basics like I2C, SPI.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Apple
Interview
The recruiter contacted me and then I had a meeting with the head of the team. He asked general questions in my field. Next round I had three more technical interviews. They were challenging and the goal was figuring out how deep I know the field.