I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Apple (Cupertino, CA) in Jan 2016
Interview
Step1: Apply online.
Step2: Call from recruiter.
Step3: Call with hiring manager ( regular stuff about resume and my interest in this position)
Step 4: 2 back to back 45min calls with engineers at Apple. Call1 was SSHing into one of their remote linux machines and testing my linux usability. Different commands, kill process, create symlinks, check CPU usages.. and other normal UNIX administration stuff. Call2 was check of OS knowledge, Compiler concepts (high level), UNIX File System details.
Step5: 7 back to back onsite interview 1-2 people each.
Step6: Call with the VP
Step7: Offer
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me how the compiler works?
Tell me what happens when you open the computer (in detail)?
Turn a Recursive algorithm into DP solution
How would you implement chmod?
What happens when you do chmod 000 chmod?
UNIX Administration commands.
Behavioral questions.
Had a screening round with hr then one with hiring manager.2technical round regarding bash and linux.after that 2 day onsite round with 8 rounds in total.it was 4 technical and 4 behavior rounds.should be well versed with linux and computer architecture
I applied online. I interviewed at Apple (Cupertino, CA)
Interview
2 phone call- asked to ssh into a computer and simple linux task to find some hidden file and show.
1 onsite - 4 interview on onsite, 2 linux, 1 coding, 1 behavioral.