I applied through a recruiter. The process took 5 months. I interviewed at Apple
Interview
The questions were basic mechanical eng questions, I.e. stress/strain graph, beam bending, etc. I was then given a design challenge and spent two days interviewing back to back. I then presented my challenge. Overall it was good but there was guy on the last day that was a massively rude. He asked me the deflection eqn and then asked me multiple time if I was sure. It had me a bit shaken up and I looked it up later and saw that I was right. If it wasn’t for him I would have liked it more
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
There’s a refrigerator in a closed room. If the refrigerator door is opened would the room get colder or warmer. Explain
i had my interview today and was asked the same question. also similarly, the interviewer had no sense of humor. it was not a enjoyable experience because i think i gave like 3-4 different ways of making a cantilever, but i was asked "what else?" like 10 times for the cantilever problem alone. i also have 7 years of work experience, but there was 0 question asked about it.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What causes corrosion, and how do you design to mitigate it?
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 college or 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.