SWE Intern applicants have rated the interview process at Apple with 2.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 60% positive. To compare, the company-average is 64% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for SWE Intern roles take an average of 49 days to get hired, when considering 40 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 SWE Intern according to 40 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 23%
Skills test: 21%
Phone interview: 21%
Background check: 11%
Personality test: 6%
Group panel interview: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 6%
Presentation: 4%
Drug test: 2%
Other: 2%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
The first interview is focusing on your background, skills, and career goals. Prepare to discuss your resume, relevant projects, and why you want to work at Apple. Show enthusiasm and specific interest in the role.
I faced multiple rounds consisting of a screening interview and panel interviews where I was asked technical questions about my field. It was a great experience overall, everyone involved were really knowledgeable about their jobs and I will greatly enjoy working with them
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Leetcode medium/hard questions and technical questions about your field
You're right — if rotated n times it's back to fully sorted, so the right half is also sorted and nums[mid] < nums[r] would push r to mid, which is fine because nums[l] would eventually be the minimum anyway. The logic still holds, it just converges to l=0.
I applied online. I interviewed at Apple in Mar 2026
Interview
one 60 minute interview with engineer, typical leetcode style, and behavioral questions about my experience. explain devops, explain a technical challenge you faced and how you solved it
one 45 minute interview with hiring manager, behavioral/ technical questions only.