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      Mechanical Engineering Interview

      19 Oct 2021
      Anonymous interview candidate
      San Francisco, CA

      Other Mechanical Engineering interview reviews for Apple

      Mechanical Engineering Interview

      9 Aug 2023
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Palo Alto, CA
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Apple (San Francisco, CA) in Nov 2020

      Interview

      The total process took two months. There were three interviews total, two of which were half hour phone screens and one was an hour long design challenge presentation. The design challenge had 6 interviewers in the call.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      What is strain hardening and how does it work at the most fundamental level?
      Answer question
      1
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Apple (Palo Alto, CA) in Sept 2022

      Interview

      Two interviews, video call, engineering statistics and beam models. Interviewers are usually engineers on the team you’re interviewing for. Interviews are technical, and you should brush up on your notes beforehand.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      They asked about beam stiffness and stress in bending and torsion, etc
      Answer question

      Mechanical Engineering Interview

      21 Jan 2020
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied through university. I interviewed at Apple

      Interview

      In-person took place on campus at UCSD. The interview was for the quality team for MacBooks and was very technical (for an undergraduate). The questions were mostly on engineering fundamentals.

      Interview questions [3]

      Question 1

      Draw a free body diagram of a system you worked on and explain
      Answer question

      Question 2

      Tell me about cross-sections in beams
      Answer question

      Question 3

      How do you optimize tolerance?
      1 Answer