I applied online. I interviewed at Apple (Shenzhen, Guangdong) in Apr 2021
Interview
First round, it was a phone interview, basically asked about personal experience and mentioning there will be some quiz and I have to answer certain amount of them correctly in order to go to the next round.
Interview questions [4]
Question 1
If a 10 X 10 X 2 mm part is being machined by CNC, what is the tolerance requirement for the width.
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 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.
They gave me a take home tolerance analysis worksheet. It was essentially a tolerance stack up for one of their products and felt fairly straight forward. Thought I answered it well but ultimately they decided to move forward with other candidates.