I applied through university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Apple in Nov 2014
Interview
First there was an initial phone screen interview with the hiring manager. The manager talked about the position and asked my previous internship and project experiences. Then there was another phone interview with an engineer in the team. He asked some basic engineering problems.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Give me five ways to decrease the deflection of a cantilever beam
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.