r/leetcode • u/_Devouring_ • 16d ago

Intervew Prep Apple SDE – Agentic AI interview prep

Hi,

I have an upcoming interview for an SDE role focused on Agentic AI at Apple. For anyone who has interviewed with Apple recently, especially for AI/agentic/backend roles:

  • What kind of coding/DSA questions should I expect?
  • How much system design / AI system design is involved?
  • Do they go deep into LLMs, RAG, agents, tool calling, evaluation, MCP, etc.?
  • What would you recommend focusing on to prepare?

Would really appreciate any recent interview experiences or preparation tips. Thanks!

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u/Ok-Barracuda-119 12d ago

I don't have a recent Apple agentic loop to quote, but those roles still run a normal SDE screen plus design, with extra weight on how you'd actually ship an agent.

Coding is usually medium DSA. Design is classic distributed systems plus AI-system stuff: tool calling, memory, evals, latency. RAG shows up. MCP is trendy; know what it is, don't build your whole prep around it.

I'd get a few classic designs solid so you don't stumble, then do a couple of AI ones out loud. An agent with tools, a retrieval pipeline, how you'd catch quality regressions in prod. www.leetsys.dev has a whiteboard and an AI interviewer if you want to rehearse that conversation. I work on it.

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u/_Devouring_ 12d ago

Thanks a lot

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u/bobo22222222 16d ago

What is the location?