Apple interview notes, page 11 of 38

“I started with the data structure and defined a Card as a pair of rank and suit enums, deck as a fixed array of 52.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Apple, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This one took me a minute to even understand what they were asking.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Apple, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“My first instinct was to just load it and scan, which is obviously wrong given the constraint.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Apple, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I blanked for a solid few seconds because I kept waiting for the real question.” The rest of the author's notes on Product Manager interview at Apple, Onsite - Product Sense / Strategy round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“Backtracking is the obvious path here but getting the implementation clean under pressure is another thing entirely.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Apple, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This question sounds like a warm-up but it really isn't.” The rest of the author's notes on Machine Learning Engineer interview at Apple, Hiring Manager Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“Classic trie plus DFS backtracking problem.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Apple, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This one sprawled in every direction.” The rest of the author's notes on Machine Learning Engineer interview at Apple, Onsite - System Design / Architecture round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This felt like a warm-up but it wasn't.” The rest of the author's notes on Machine Learning Engineer interview at Apple, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“Two pointer approach, pretty textbook.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Apple, Onsite - Coding / Algorithms round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.