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Apple Interview Questions and Answers for Freshers

Updated 13 Jun 2025
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A Cloud Platform Engineer was asked 2mo ago
Q. What is the Parquet file format?
Ans. 

Parquet is a columnar storage file format optimized for use with big data processing frameworks, enabling efficient data compression and encoding.

  • Columnar Storage: Parquet stores data in columns rather than rows, which improves read performance for analytical queries.

  • Efficient Compression: Parquet supports various compression algorithms (e.g., Snappy, Gzip) to reduce storage space and improve I/O performance.

  • Schem...

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A SWE was asked 9mo ago
Q. Write a function that reverses a string. The input string is given as an array of characters s.
Ans. 

Reverse a string by iterating through the characters and swapping them

  • Create a function that takes a string as input

  • Initialize two pointers, one at the beginning and one at the end of the string

  • Swap the characters at the two pointers and move them towards the center until they meet

A Software Development Engineer Intern was asked 9mo ago
Q. Given an m x n 2D binary grid grid which represents a map of '1's (land) and '0's (water), return the number of islands.
Ans. 

Count the number of islands in a graph

  • Use Depth First Search (DFS) or Breadth First Search (BFS) to traverse the graph

  • Mark visited nodes to avoid revisiting them

  • Each connected component represents an island

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An Intern was asked
Q. They asked me to code a website.
Ans. 

A simple website can be created using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to display content and interact with users.

  • Use HTML for structure: Example - <div>, <h1>, <p> tags.

  • Style with CSS: Example - body { background-color: lightblue; }

  • Add interactivity with JavaScript: Example - document.getElementById('myBtn').onclick = function() { alert('Hello!'); };

  • Consider responsive design: Use media queries to adju...

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An Asic Design and Verification Intern was asked
Q. Merge two sorted arrays to give a sorted array SV randomization constraints Code to generate sequence of powers of 2
Ans. 

Merge two sorted arrays to give a sorted array and generate sequence of powers of 2 using SV randomization constraints.

  • Create a new array to store the merged result

  • Use two pointers to iterate through the two sorted arrays and compare elements

  • Add the smaller element to the new array and move the pointer for that array

  • Continue this process until all elements are merged

  • To generate sequence of powers of 2, use SV rand...

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A Software Developer Intern was asked
Q. 

Kevin and his Fruits Problem Statement

Kevin has 'N' buckets, each consisting of a certain number of fruits. Kevin wants to eat at least 'M' fruits. He is looking to set a marker as high as possible such t...

Ans. 

Find the marker value needed for Kevin to eat at least 'M' fruits from 'N' buckets.

  • Iterate through each test case and calculate the marker value needed based on the number of fruits in each bucket.

  • Subtract the marker value from the number of fruits in each bucket and check if the total is at least 'M'.

  • Return the highest possible marker value for each test case.

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A Software Developer Intern was asked
Q. 

Max GCD Pair Problem Statement

Given an array of positive integers, determine the Greatest Common Divisor (GCD) of a pair of elements such that it is the maximum among all possible pairs in the array. The ...

Ans. 

Find the maximum GCD of a pair of elements in an array of positive integers.

  • Iterate through all pairs of elements in the array to find their GCD.

  • Keep track of the maximum GCD found so far.

  • Use Euclidean algorithm to calculate GCD efficiently.

  • Return the maximum GCD value found.

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A Software Developer Intern was asked
Q. 

Lazy Santa Problem Statement

It's Christmas and Santa has 'K' gifts to distribute. There are 'N' children standing in a straight line in the park due to COVID restrictions. You are given an array distance ...

Ans. 

Find the minimum distance Santa must travel to distribute 'K' gifts to 'K' different children standing in a straight line.

  • Sort the array 'distance' to easily calculate the minimum distance Santa has to walk.

  • Calculate the difference between adjacent elements in the sorted array and sum the first 'K-1' differences to get the minimum distance.

  • Return the minimum distance Santa has to walk for each test case.

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A Software Developer Intern was asked
Q. 

Ninja and Candies Problem

Ninja, a boy from Ninjaland, receives 1 coin every morning from his mother. He wants to purchase exactly 'N' candies. Each candy usually costs 2 coins, but it is available for 1 c...

Ans. 

Calculate the earliest day on which Ninja can buy all candies given the number of candy types, special offers, and Ninja's candy preferences.

  • Iterate through each day and check if any special offers are available for the candies Ninja wants to buy.

  • Keep track of the remaining candies Ninja needs to buy and the coins he has each day.

  • Consider both regular price and sale price while making purchases.

  • Return the earliest...

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A Software Developer Intern was asked
Q. 

Minimum Umbrellas Problem

You are provided with ‘N’ types of umbrellas, where each umbrella type can shelter a certain number of people. Given an array UMBRELLA that indicates the number of people each umb...

Ans. 

Given 'N' types of umbrellas with different capacities, find the minimum number of umbrellas required to shelter exactly 'M' people.

  • Iterate through the umbrella capacities and try to cover 'M' people using the minimum number of umbrellas.

  • Keep track of the total number of people covered and the number of umbrellas used.

  • If it is not possible to cover 'M' people exactly, return -1.

  • Return the minimum number of umbrell...

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Apple Interview Experiences for Freshers

24 interviews found

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I appeared for an interview in Apr 2025, where I was asked the following questions.

  • Q1. Any question in cybersecurity
  • Q2. Any question in hardware
  • Q3. Any question in soc analysis
  • Q4. Any question in python programming
  • Q5. Any question in ethical hacking

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Cyber Security Intern
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Coding Test 

There were 2 coding questions

Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. No of islands(graph)
  • Ans. 

    Count the number of islands in a graph

    • Use Depth First Search (DFS) or Breadth First Search (BFS) to traverse the graph

    • Mark visited nodes to avoid revisiting them

    • Each connected component represents an island

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Topological Sort

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview Questions & Answers

user image Anonymous

posted on 2 Sep 2024

Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Coding Test 

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Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Jasldkjf;awji;oefija;oidsj;fo
  • Q2. As;odifj;alsdijf;aljs;
Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I appeared for an interview in Nov 2024, where I was asked the following questions.

  • Q1. How to find depth of a node in a binary tree
  • Q2. Normalization in SQL tables of employees containing school names and college names
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
4-6 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I appeared for an interview in Nov 2024, where I was asked the following questions.

  • Q1. What is parquet file format
  • Ans. 

    Parquet is a columnar storage file format optimized for use with big data processing frameworks, enabling efficient data compression and encoding.

    • Columnar Storage: Parquet stores data in columns rather than rows, which improves read performance for analytical queries.

    • Efficient Compression: Parquet supports various compression algorithms (e.g., Snappy, Gzip) to reduce storage space and improve I/O performance.

    • Schema Evo...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Join on keys, data models relationship and normalisation technique

Intern Interview Questions & Answers

user image Anonymous

posted on 1 May 2024

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Interview asked about strengths and weaknesses
Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Questions were about coding

Field Boy Interview Questions & Answers

user image Anonymous

posted on 24 Dec 2023

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Job Portal and was interviewed in Nov 2023. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
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Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Apple repair center
  • Q2. Apple repair reledet
Round 3 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Apple repair center
  • Q2. Only apple product required

Interview Questions & Answers

user image Anonymous

posted on 10 Sep 2024

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Reverse a string
  • Ans. 

    Reverse a string by iterating through the characters and swapping them

    • Create a function that takes a string as input

    • Initialize two pointers, one at the beginning and one at the end of the string

    • Swap the characters at the two pointers and move them towards the center until they meet

  • Answered by AI

Intern Interview Questions & Answers

user image Anonymous

posted on 11 Oct 2023

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-

I applied via Campus Placement

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Hackerrank test, it was simple cuz intern

Round 2 - Technical 

(4 Questions)

  • Q1. They asked to code a website
  • Ans. 

    A simple website can be created using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to display content and interact with users.

    • Use HTML for structure: Example - <div>, <h1>, <p> tags.

    • Style with CSS: Example - body { background-color: lightblue; }

    • Add interactivity with JavaScript: Example - document.getElementById('myBtn').onclick = function() { alert('Hello!'); };

    • Consider responsive design: Use media queries to adjust la...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. They asked about projects
  • Q3. Asked about more projects
  • Q4. Asked about C, C++, and other languages, and was asked in detail about mroe technical concepts

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Work hard
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Feb 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Merge two sorted arrays to give a sorted array SV randomization constraints Code to generate sequence of powers of 2
  • Ans. 

    Merge two sorted arrays to give a sorted array and generate sequence of powers of 2 using SV randomization constraints.

    • Create a new array to store the merged result

    • Use two pointers to iterate through the two sorted arrays and compare elements

    • Add the smaller element to the new array and move the pointer for that array

    • Continue this process until all elements are merged

    • To generate sequence of powers of 2, use SV randomiza...

  • Answered by AI

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Apple Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Apple interview for freshers?
Apple interview process for freshers usually has 2-3 rounds. The most common rounds in the Apple interview process for freshers are Technical, Coding Test and Resume Shortlist.
How to prepare for Apple interview for freshers?
Go through your CV in detail and study all the technologies mentioned in your CV. Prepare at least two technologies or languages in depth if you are appearing for a technical interview at Apple. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at Apple expect are Analytical Skills, Business Process Management, C++, Computer Science and Customer Experience Management.
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