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FAANG / Big Tech

Most of these Apple write-ups come from Software Engineers (212), then Machine Learning Engineers (85) and Data Scientists (32). The most reported rounds are the technical phone screen (217), the system design round (48), the product sense round (29) and the behavioral / leadership round (22).

372 interview notes · updated Oct 2026

Apple·Software Engineer·Onsite - Multi Round

Aug 2026
Got my team match for Apple's IS&T org and now prepping for a three-round SRE panel: a hiring manager behavioral screen, a technical coderpad round, and a shorter early career community behavioral chat. The req emphasizes Linux, Python automation, incident response, and troubleshooting, but I'm still trying to figure out whether the coding round leans LeetCode-style DSA or more scripting and ops problems.
  • What is the coderpad technical round actually like for this role? Is it standard algorithm problems or does it lean toward scripting and automation given the Python and Linux focus?
  • How much do the technical questions focus on incident response and troubleshooting versus general software engineering concepts?

“This is the thing keeping me up.”

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Apple·Software Engineer·Onsite - Multi Round

Sep 2026
Went through the full Apple panel for a senior SWE role, five rounds back to back, all coding heavy. The first few rounds felt solid but the last two got messy in ways I keep replaying in my head.
  • Given a working code solution, how does your approach change if the input data is modified in a specific way?
  • Design an architecture for a given system, write your solution, and then write test cases to validate it.

“This is where things went sideways.”

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