Apple interview notes, page 3 of 38

“Pretty much every interview starts with this so I had a version ready.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Apple, Onsite - Behavioral / Leadership round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“Spent the first minute just staring at this question wondering if it was a trick.” 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.

“I knew the properties going in but actually coding the rotations and recoloring under pressure is a different beast.” 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.

“I knew the general shape of this problem but fumbled the details at first.” The rest of the author's notes on Frontend 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 started with engagement metrics and the interviewer just kind of waited, like that wasn't enough.” 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.

“I had a story prepped but it felt thin the moment I started telling it.” The rest of the author's notes on Frontend Engineer interview at Apple, Onsite - Behavioral / Leadership round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“Spent a bit too long trying to figure out what 'abbreviate' even means here before just 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.

“I knew the high-level story but fumbled the details on low-rank parameterization in v2.” 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.

“Classic problem but I still fumbled the dedup logic under pressure.” 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.

“Felt like a warmup question but I still fumbled it a bit.” The rest of the author's notes on Product Manager 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.