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Apple Software Engineer Interview Experience

Apple · Senior

ResultWaiting
Timespan2 weeks
DifficultyMedium
Rounds2

Interview process

Hiring managers asked a lot of questions about Java internals, Java build system internals (Maven vs Gradle behaviors), networking internals (HTTP vs HTTP2)

Interview rounds · 2

  1. 1

    Phone screen

    Coding
    1. Q1. You are given an N-ary tree. Find the level with the most number of nodes.
    2. Q2. How do you implement a HashMap in Java? What underlying data structures do you use?
  2. 2

    Technical round

    BehavioralCodingSystem Design
    1. Q1. Tell me about a time when you simplified a system.
    2. Q2. Tell me about a time when you proposed an idea that was not agreed on.
    3. Q3. Evaluate the bracket pairs of a string.
    4. Q4. Tell me about a time when you mentored a junior engineer.

Tips from the candidate

They focus almost primarily on the problems in this team domain. Mainly practical questions that map to the day-to-day work of the actual job.

Company culture

Intense, direct, and casual. And they all ask you, "Why Apple?"

Details

CompanyApple
RoleSoftware Engineer
LevelSenior
LocationUnited States
InterviewedFeb 2026
Questions asked6