I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Apple (Cupertino, CA) in Sep 2018
Interview
Lots of fundamental semiconductor questions including SoC design concepts, power, power scaling for IPs and static timing
The panel was good and experienced and they would go deeper into the concepts until you hit a wall - so be well prepared with the fundamentals. However, they guide you towards the answer .
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Timing on flipflop, variation, semiconductor technology
Introduced myself and research in the beginning and got asked bunch of technical questions with simple coding problem at the end. The manager explained about the team before the interview ended
Screening, followed by onsite. At least 4-5 hours of interview sessions. Diagramming on white board. Questions on digital design and signal integrity. Tough. Detailed. Also questions on experience and culture fit.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Where should you place the capacitor on a power pin?
It was 3 stage process with technical, hr, culture fit round and they asked medium problems with covering basics of the circuits design, digital electronics. And they also gone through cv and asked situation questions