I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Apple
Interview
I'm an engineer by training. Phone interview with a Senior Manager from Power Accessories. Did fairly well on technical but for some reason was "not a match". I asked how many hours per week were you expected to work as well as the energy level of the team and got PR answers for both. As a CEO of my own brand, my advice to executive management is to know your front line talent as well as the type of people you end up promoting to senior level management. After several interviews, I'm starting to see a pattern of the type of people who end up in management at Apple (your quintessential fraternity brother who literally all sound the same on the phone, big on diversity? I think not). Individual I interviewed with was not only unskilled at identifying talent but was clearly not transparent about the work environment as a Senior Manager. Disappointed in the lack of technical and behavioral depth at the management level at Apple and can guarantee two things: 1) either their tenure at Apple will be short lived if this continues or 2) the amount of real engineering talent at Apple will eventually reduce as the shareholders question their ROI and this will happen when the tech bubble bursts...
i had my interview today and was asked the same question. also similarly, the interviewer had no sense of humor. it was not a enjoyable experience because i think i gave like 3-4 different ways of making a cantilever, but i was asked "what else?" like 10 times for the cantilever problem alone. i also have 7 years of work experience, but there was 0 question asked about it.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What causes corrosion, and how do you design to mitigate it?
The interview went well overall. The interviewer opened with a discussion about a project I'm proud of, then a beam scenario question that covered structural and load analysis, stress and deflection, and material selection — testing my ability to connect first-principles thinking across the full problem space.
I applied through university. I interviewed at Apple (Cupertino, CA) in Apr 2026
Interview
Interview with hiring manager then virtual onsite. They ask you general mechanical engineering questions as well as questions dependent on type of team and skills they are looking for. Not bad overall just brush up on basic beam deflection, GD&T, Design analysis etc.