I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Apple in Dec 2024
Interview
The interview process began with a recruiter call, followed by a technical screening where they asked about my experience and skills. Next, I had a technical discussion with a panel of two interviewers who asked job-related situational questions and simple querying problems. Finally, there was a coding round, which I was n't able to successfully complete.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Apple (Hyderābād) in Mar 2025
Interview
There are 2 technical rounds performed in one weak in a online mode of interview.
first round was taken by unify tech
second technical round is from apple client
not qualified in second round
Interview with HM then 5 hour panel interview with the team. The process took 4 weeks from recruiter call to onsite. The interview process ranged from average difficulty to hard depending on the interviewer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Aside from behavioral questions, some of the topics included: data structures, multithreading, memory, multiprocessing and bit manipulation.
QA Automation Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Apple with 3.4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 75% positive. To compare, the company-average is 64% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for QA Automation Engineer roles take an average of 8 days to get hired, when considering 8 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 QA Automation Engineer according to 8 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 40%
Skills test: 27%
Group panel interview: 20%
Presentation: 7%
One on one interview: 7%
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