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Apple Software Engineer interview experience

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Austin, TXPosted Jul 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I interviewed for two different teams, and the structure ended up being similar for both.

Each team had two rounds, starting with behavioral questions about past experiences and how I approached challenges. The second round was where the technical part showed up, with medium LeetCode-style coding problems.

For one technical round I worked through string compression and an LRU cache, and for the other team I faced another similar set of coding expectations focused on implementation details. It felt like the interviewers were evaluating whether I could solve clearly without making things overly complicated. I did end up getting an offer, and overall the loop felt practical rather

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