I applied online. I interviewed at Apple in Oct 2021
Interview
Super long and tedious interview process that spanned multiple stages: HR screening, Hiring Manager screening, Technical assessment (SQL), Case Study + presentation to a panel of team members, Final rounds with 5 separate 1:1 interviews (behavioral, product sense, statistics).
For the case study, we were given a dataset, a a problem statement and a week to put together insights/a presentation centered around A/B testing.
The final round was most challenging, involving multiple behavioral interviews, a product sense interview and a philosophical debate on Bayesian vs. frequentist statistics after reading an article that the interviewer wrote. My experience during the final rounds was very negative. One interviewer had a poor connection which led to a very awkward conversation where we couldn't understand each other. Another interviewer was constantly distracted and left 15 minutes early. And finally, the debate was extremely combative and the interviewer came off as a know it all.
After the last interview, I did not hear from the recruiter for 1.5 weeks. I was finally rejected after I sent a follow-up e-mail.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Q: Describe a confidence interval.
Q: What is your favorite Apple product. Follow-up: How would you improve it?
Q: Debate on Bayesian vs. Frequentist Statistics.
Q: Explain a scenario where you found something unexpected in your data.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Apple in Sep 2021
Interview
Had a technical screen, a one hour case study that they give you 3 hours to prep for, and an 8 hour onsite. After the onsite there was no feedback whatsoever given from the recruiters or any members of the team. Took two and half weeks to get the final decision after the onsite.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
General behavioral questions, some probability questions, and one brain teaser puzzle.
phone call interview that took about ~45 minutes to go over resume & general introduction. This seems to have served as a first filter to the next phase which is a take home assignment, which is then followed by a presentation to the team and more rounds of interview.