I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Apple (Cupertino, CA) in Sep 2024
Interview
3 rounds phone screen interview for an intern position, friendly interviewers, referral based selection but did not meet hiring manager in any of the rounds oddly enough, Asked basic circuit theory and some design problems
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explain the difference between an NFET and PFET for a high-side switch, including pros and cons
4 rounds of leetcode easy questions, some VLSI questions, and questions on the Virtuoso platform. Some of the questions were curated by the interviewer (no leetcode could prep you, but if you knew how to code straightforward enough)
1. Asked about my educational background and projects.
2. A couple HDL programming problems such as state machine, d_latch, and basic computer architecture questions.
3. Embedded system basics like I2C, SPI.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Apple
Interview
The recruiter contacted me and then I had a meeting with the head of the team. He asked general questions in my field. Next round I had three more technical interviews. They were challenging and the goal was figuring out how deep I know the field.