Rejected by Apple after virtual on-site

Mar 24 13 Comments

Recently interviewed with two Core OS teams in Apple (virtual onsite for San Diego position) consisting of 7 rounds.
I felt I did good, coding rounds went really well. I was able to code and get the expected result within few minutes, and they kept giving me multiple coding assignments in each round and I didn’t fail in any of them. Behavioral was good as well.
The panel as well as the hiring manager were happy and none of them showed any sign of disappointment.
But in the end I got reject from both the teams after few days. Recruiter mentioned it was tough decision for the team.
Wondering where I might have gone wrong.
I never discussed the salary expectation or level before. What wrong am I doing ?

Edit: Recruiters from other sister Core OS teams are asking me to interview. This tells me that the feedback was not negative. But I don’t think i have the energy to go through the 7 rounds again.

YOE: 12
TC: 240k

#appleinterview

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TOP 13 Comments
  • Zoom
    aesoprock

    Go to company page Zoom

    aesoprock
    It could be for a bunch of different reasons, maybe they just felt there was a better candidate on the board. Maybe they extended an offer to someone and they accepted and they no longer had head count. Or perhaps they just felt like you were too qualified. Who knows?

    Yeah it sucks and you spent all that time and energy just to get a rejection but these things happen. Nothing you did wrong, but the game is the game.

    What’s important is that you did well (from what it sounds like), felt confident in your abilities, and possibly learned a thing or two about yourself and what you want to do in the next phase of your career.

    Keep your chin up, consider this good practice, and gear up for the next set of interviews I’m sure you’ll be able to line up easily. You’ve got this!
    Mar 24 1
  • Salesforce / Eng
    ohana-mama

    Go to company page Salesforce Eng

    ohana-mama
    Maybe they found someone who was better aligned with the position. It happens man, keep grinding. You’d eventually get out of the shithole
    Mar 24 0
  • New / Eng
    kiDe86

    New Eng

    kiDe86
    You can’t give up. Know that with each interview you shall get better. Interviews can be draining and daunting but imho take the next round of interviews. Good luck, you are are strong, You got this.
    Mar 25 0
  • New
    Biug23

    New

    Biug23
    Since Apple hires for a specific position (instead of into a candidate pool), there's element of luck involved. It depends on how many candidates were interviewing for that specific position.

    Whereas for G and Meta, if you pass you pass.
    Mar 24 0
  • interviews involve lots of random luck. Just keep trying.
    Mar 24 0