Hi, I have qualified for a HW EPM on-site interview. I believe it will be a day full of interviews from what the recruiter mentioned. What topics will the interviewers generally focus on? I don’t have a PM background and would really appreciate any pointers! Current TC - 200k
Which dept? Location?
Falls under silicon development.
Is it virtual onsite?
Yes it’s virtual
For me my epm interview was focused hard on my experience, why I want to be a epm, and an hour of discussing hypotheticals and what I would do on that situation
Thank you!
For me it was a lot of behavioral questions and technical qs related to my work experience. Be prepared to answer a lot of behavioral questions with examples. Think about prog mgmt stuff you had to do as a part of program or general management stuff. They want to hear all about it. Technical questions were based of my resume and were simple to answer since they did nit go in depth on any topic
Thanks! That’s super helpful!
Did you have to give a presentation? When did you hear back from them after the onsite?
Have a friend going through the stages, how long does it take to hear back?
Ranges from a couple days to a week
Learn about HW dev cycles, evt, dvt, Pvt, there are usually 2 types of epm, one is pure project management. Second is technical dev management which is more like product management. Understand product life cycle well. Usually you'd have 6-9 interviews. Mix of engineers, EPMs. If you make it to the director round at the end. You can consider you have the job. Apple EPM interviews can be grueling and they'd come hard on you. If you don't have EPM experience, be ready to answer why epm question. Be consistent. It's going to be a behavioral interview with no right or wrong answer.
Thank you!!
You’ll be fine as long as you’re familiar with the HW development cycle, design releases, bringup, validation, PCB, interconnects,…. They will train you on scheduling aspect & working with x-functional teams. Just ensure you cover your own experience. There will probably be behavioral questions since EPM do work with ppl often.
That makes sense. Thanks a ton :)
What's your YOE?
Is epm pay same as hardware engineer ?
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How did you get an interview at Apple without a PM background?
Haha!
Recruiter reached out as my resume was already on the system. I currently work as a HW verification engineer and had the technical knowledge the role required. They are okay to train the candidate as far as the program management skills are concerned. Hope that answers your question :)