I applied through university. The process took 6 days. I interviewed at Apple (Boston, MA) in Apr 2013
Interview
They asked about my personal projects and engineering experience. They wanted to know what was a particularly challenging project for me and went into detail, asking how I solved certain problems. They were interested in my process... What options I considered to solve certain problems, how I went about testing, prototyping, analyzing, and movie forward. Then they asked some technical questions. It appeared to me that they want you to think allowed and analyze edge cases to help you intuit the problem.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If you have a cantilevered beam with a load at the unsupported end, what can you change about the beam to mitigate the effect of the load.
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.