Apple Sr. Machine Learning Engineer interview questions
based on 6 ratings - Updated Apr 16, 2026
Averageinterview difficulty
Mixedinterview experience
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75%
Applied online
Applied online
25%
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Sr. Machine Learning Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Apple with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 25% positive. To compare, the company-average is 63.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Sr. Machine Learning Engineer roles take an average of 39 days to get hired, when considering 4 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Apple overall takes an average of 29 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Apple as a Sr. Machine Learning Engineer according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 50%
One on one interview: 25%
Skills test: 13%
Group panel interview: 13%
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Was asked to explain a project I worked on, was asked a few follow up questions on these projects, then to explain and lastly implement BatchNorm.
The interviewer was super nice and it was a fair question with fair follow ups.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Apple (Cupertino, CA) in Apr 2025
Interview
The Interviewer started off with some behavorial questions. Asked about my experiences and my resume. Then went on to technical questions in Numpy. The interview lasted for a total of 45 minutes
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Apple (San Jose, CA) in Nov 2024
Interview
Initial interview is with the hiring manager and have a chat regarding my previous work experiences. After the HM interview, I had a phone screening and then onsite interview, hr notify the position has been canceled before final decision comes out. The whole interview process takes one months two weeks. T