Weirdest Apple interview

Oct 13, 2021 8 Comments

Hi recently had an interview with Apple. There were 3 interviews one was team fit, then a coding round and then again a coding round.

First one was good.
Second one was coding round which went quite well.
Third round was coding but the interviewer asked me the same question that the previous interviewer did. I told him that I was asked this previously in the previous round. Instead of asking me another coding question he started asking me random Java questions which one could just look up online. Like tell me the difference between Java 8 and Java 11.

The worst part is I reached out the recruiter that I wanted follow up on this confusion and I wasnโ€™t expecting such questions but they just sent a generic reject email.

#apple #interview #engineering #software

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  • iRise
    uRise

    iRise

    uRise
    Next time just repeat your answer and don't question it ๐Ÿ˜‚
    Oct 13, 2021 3
    • Apple
      XqYt85

      Go to company page Apple

      XqYt85
      Bad advice. Iโ€™ve been on the other side of the table during interviews at Apple. After all of the dayโ€™s interviews were over, everyone on the panel met to discuss the candidate, and what they were asked.

      Any time we accidentally asked the same question as another person, we always looked positively on honesty. It was seen as really shady if the candidate didnโ€™t mention that they had already been asked the same question.
      Oct 14, 2021
    • See thatโ€™s what I thought as well that it would be looked at in the positive light. Maybe itโ€™s just the team I interviewed for.
      Oct 14, 2021
  • I heard some companies repeat questions on purpose though.
    Oct 13, 2021 1
    • Playing mind games with applicants sure is a great way to demonstrate your company's culture.

      At that point the applicant SHOULD try to deceive them and redo the question, because that more closely aligns with their corporate values, and they should appreciate that.
      Oct 13, 2021
  • Apple
    ocean1234

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    ocean1234
    Thats pretty shitty of the interviewer. Looks like they had prepped only one interview question and didnโ€™t know much else. Sucks to be in your position but maybe you dodged a bullet with such teammates ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ
    Oct 13, 2021 0
  • HPE
    lngbdau

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    lngbdau
    I had this experience too, same question being asked in 3 interviews of the same company.
    Oct 13, 2021 0