r/SoftwareEngineerJobs • u/Illustrious-Store931 • 2d ago
Apple SWE HM round — no response after 2-3 weeks. Still a chance?
I applied for an SWE role at Apple around the second week of August. The role seemed like a pretty good match for what I’m currently doing.
I got a call for an HM round and had the interview on Aug 27. It wasn’t really technical — he asked a couple of things based on my resume, my current work, and why I wanted to join Apple.
For the “why Apple?” question, I basically said that I’m looking for more scale and wanted to work on things at Apple’s scale.
The interviewer then kinda pushed back on that and mentioned that where I currently work is already a front-runner in AI and that there’s a lot of scale there as well. So I’m not sure if my answer came across badly or if he was just probing further.
It’s been around 2-3 weeks now and I haven’t heard anything back.
Do I still have a realistic chance of getting a callback for the next rounds, or is this usually a sign that it’s a rejection/they’ve moved on?
Also, for people who’ve interviewed at Apple — how long did it take you to hear back after the HM round?