Apple | SWE | Hyd | Screening
Summary
I recently had a 45-minute screening interview for a Software Engineer role at Apple's Ads Delivery Team in Hyderabad. The round focused primarily on my resume, past technical experiences, leadership principles, and a deep dive into my current projects, with no DSA questions asked.
Full Experience
I applied for a Software Engineer position with the Ads Delivery Team in Hyderabad, India, through Apple's careers portal. The screening round, conducted by another SWE, lasted 45 minutes. This interview primarily revolved around my resume and a detailed discussion of my technical experiences across various companies and teams, highlighting my learnings and key takeaways. We also delved into my current project, which is related to Ads, and the interviewer seemed particularly interested in it. A significant portion of the interview also involved answering several leadership principle-based questions.
Interview Questions (6)
How do you resolve conflicts with your peer?
Tell me a time when you proposed a design to your lead and had to convince him/her that it would fulfill the usecase? How do you pushback when someone is not convinced?
How do you give feedback to your junior team members?
What GenAI tools do you use in your day-to-day life? How does it improve your efficiency?
How do you upskill yourself?
Describe any recent project that you worked on, where you had to implement the feature using a technology that you were not familiar with? How was the learning curve?