Candidatei-me online. O processo levou 3 semanas. Fui entrevistado pela Apple (Cupertino, CA) em jun. de 2025
Entrevista
previously interviewed for a Software Data Engineer role within Apple Media Products, with a focus on distributed systems, large-scale data processing, and system design. The interview process included:
System Design & Architecture: Discussed approaches for building scalable data pipelines, optimizing query performance, and ensuring reliability in distributed systems.
SQL & Data Processing: Solved advanced SQL problems involving multi-table joins, aggregations, and window functions, optimized for performance.
Python & Backend Coding: Implemented algorithms and debugging exercises to handle large datasets and edge cases efficiently.
Applied ML Context: Addressed how to integrate data engineering with machine learning workflows to support personalized recommendations and analytics.
From this experience, I gained insight into Apple’s high expectations for code efficiency, clarity in system design communication, and the ability to bridge backend engineering with data-driven decision-making.
Perguntas de entrevista [1]
Pergunta 1
Why do you leave your current company, and why apple?
Fiz uma entrevista na empresa Apple (Londres, Inglaterra).
Entrevista
First round technical interview - implement Map Reduce using Python (or other language of choice) in Hackerrank. Online via zoom, with a member of the team one would be joining.
Perguntas de entrevista [1]
Pergunta 1
Implement Map Reduce using Python or other language of choice
Assez difficile. Enormément de questions qui ont peu de rapport entre elle. Le recruteur était cependant très à l'écoute sur les problématiques métiers rencontrées lors de ce call. Merci à lui.
Candidatei-me online. Fiz uma entrevista na empresa Apple.
Entrevista
Met with three directors in on the chain, at least roughly like two hours cycle forward and painless, and all the members were very short and no more than 30 minutes. A person