I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Apple (Cupertino, CA) in Dec 2014
Interview
I applied to a job posting on their website and was contacted about a week later by a recruiter. Then there was one phone interview, about 30 minutes, with some general questions about my current job and work experience - nothing too technical. The actual on-site interview was a lot more difficult, some basic digital logic design problems, and principles like setup/hold time, metastability, etc. I met with 6 different interviewers plus one more at lunch. Thought it went relatively well, except for a few more analog circuit related questions I had no clue about. Then heard back that there was no offer about 3 weeks later.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe how a multi bit synchronizer / async fifo handles the variable delay of each bit
Screening, followed by onsite. At least 4-5 hours of interview sessions. Diagramming on white board. Questions on digital design and signal integrity. Tough. Detailed. Also questions on experience and culture fit.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Where should you place the capacitor on a power pin?
It was 3 stage process with technical, hr, culture fit round and they asked medium problems with covering basics of the circuits design, digital electronics. And they also gone through cv and asked situation questions
Recruiter reached out and first conversation
Then first and second round of 45 min technical interview. The technical interview need critical thinking and have a fresh mind of all fundamentals of electronics