I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Apple (Palo Alto, CA) in Nov 2015
Interview
The phone interview was quite easy, mainly focusing on my resume. For the onsite interview, I had 6 interviewers and 4 of them asked normal questions but 2 of them asked very difficult questions with very few hints... The result came out really fast just 10 min after I finished my interview
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. In a certain protocol why the ready signal is inout instead of out?
2. About the refresh in DDR2
3. FSM
4. System Verilog, Verilog, C, Perl, (also questions about OOP)
5. Bit operation
There were 1 screening and 6 panel rounds and it was difficult especially UVM part also they AMBA protocols basic design questions like fsm fifo and all and more focus on constraints
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
UVM based questions and Assertions and constraints
I applied online. I interviewed at Apple (Sunnyvale, CA) in Mar 2026
Interview
I had a screening round that started directly without any introduction. I was asked questions about my resume, mainly about my projects. After that, I was given a coding question.
first asking about the tool experience, asking about UVM knowledge like how and when to connect the sequencer and driver and what is their handshake , how do you deal with CDC problems, how to do the STA analysis, then final having a coding question
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
implementation of driver class based on the figure they gave