Difficult Interview – Overall Negative Experience – No – Tue, 8 Sep 2015
Interviewed Jan 2013 in Cupertino, CA(took 100 days)
I was officially contacted by one of Apple's recruiters on Linkedin. After forwarding my resume, I had 2 rounds of phone screening, followed by an onsite interviews. The onsite interview consisted of 6 1-on-1 sessions lasting about 50 minutes. Most of the interview questions were short programming quizzes.
Interview Questions
Describe memory BIST architecture, march algorithm, MATS test. String parsing questions to process/filter verilog code encased in ifdef/ifndef. How to set up testbench for, and maximize test coverage for scan debug verification.
The engineering manager whom I ate with, asked me for my ethnicity. Although I grew up in California, he kept trying to connect with the interests of his neighbor, who happened to be of the same ethnicity. The questions were along the lines of "My <ethnicity> neighbor, they like to play tennis. Do you like tennis? Do you follow this tennis player from <my country of origin>?"
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Other Details
The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, 1:1 Interview and a Skills Test