Apple
Hardware Engineer
San Francisco, CA· Winter 2026
Purdue University · Electrical Engineering
4th year · 3.3-3.6 GPA · 2 past internships
Hard Interview
Six weeks of waiting and the rejection email said nothing useful. Phone screen with a team lead on circuit analysis and PCB layout. Technical round had Verilog questions plus a hardware debugging project discussion
Questions Asked
- 1.“Whats the difference between UART, SPI and I2C communication protocols?”
- 2.“Explain what a watchdog timer does and why it's important in embedded systems”