I applied through university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Apple (Shanghai, Shanghai) in Jun 2016
Interview
I have only undergone the campus recruiter's calling interview. There was no announcement that you would suddenly get the phone call at any working time. The interview was not complex that the recruiter mainly asked me about my major, my personal situation, why I want to apply apple's position, my future plan, what projects did I do and intro them briefly.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
You said that you are actually applying a master program of your major, whether you would still persue a master degree or choose to work if you get the full-time job at Apple?
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 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.
They gave me a take home tolerance analysis worksheet. It was essentially a tolerance stack up for one of their products and felt fairly straight forward. Thought I answered it well but ultimately they decided to move forward with other candidates.