I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Apple in Jun 2011
Interview
I was contacted by an Apple recruiter to set up a phone interview with the hiring manager. I had a phone interview with the hiring manager in two days. The initial phone interview was about half an hour, and was technical. I was a asked a few questions about my background, and then several technical questions typical of this type of job. As the end of the interview I was given a take home design test to complete in one week. The test was designing a component and documenting my design steps. They liked the result, and the recruiter called me in a few days to set up an onsite interview. The onsite interview consisted of about ten one-on-one or one-on-two interviews. I learned about the interview outcome shortly afterward.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you design components and mechanisms for Apple products?
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 college or 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.