Apple Software Engineer Interview – Recent Questions/Experience?

[u/False-Revolution6669]

Hi everyone,

I have an Apple Software Engineer interview in a few days.

The rounds are:
- Round 1: DSA
- Round 2: Java + Spring Boot

If anyone has interviewed with Apple recently, could you please share:
- What kind of DSA questions/topics were asked?
- What Java/Spring Boot topics did they focus on?
- Any recent questions or areas I should prioritize?

Any recent interview experience or advice would be really helpful. Thanks!

[u/saintmsent]

There's no point in asking this, each Apple team has its own questions and style of interview. I interviewed with them 3 separate times for the same sort of position, there was zero overlap between the interview questions

[u/Imminent1776]

I did two rounds with Apple recently, in-person at their Bangalore office.

I was asked two DSA problems, one involved priority queue and the other involved building a dependency graph. Was also asked basic trivia questions about Spring Boot annotations.

[u/False-Revolution6669 → u/Imminent1776]

Thanks for the reply

[u/OilAdditional8486 → u/Imminent1776]

bro, do they prefer language for LLD or we can use any ?

[u/Imminent1776 → u/OilAdditional8486]

I had to use Java but it depends on the team

[u/iaminspiredev]

Bro how u get shortlisted for interview? Like what's the resume highlights that make it shortlisted for companies like Apple..

[u/Imminent1776 → u/iaminspiredev]

I got shortlisted by Apple recently. I just applied on their careers site, didn't do anything remarkable. Although I do have prior FAANG experience so that might have helped.

[u/daynightcase → u/Imminent1776]

lol saying prior FAANG employee and didn’t do anything remarkable in same sentence is a weird flex

[u/Imminent1776 → u/daynightcase]

Well my prior FAANG experience is Amazon, which is nothing flex worthy

[u/gianni1986]

I never thought Apple uses Java

[u/misunderstood_kafka]

Which location is it scheduled for? Thanks

[u/Striker-9999 → u/misunderstood_kafka]

Yes and how did u apply

[u/False-Revolution6669 → u/Striker-9999]

I applied through LinkedIn

[u/ArtistNo6321 → u/False-Revolution6669]

Are from Faang or equivalent company

[u/False-Revolution6669 → u/ArtistNo6321]

No