Anyone familiar with the interview process for contractors at apple?

Hey,

I would love to chime in here. I have interviewed for 2 contractor roles at apple and the interview varies depending on the team. Generally it was 2 rounds, 1 hour each and in each round you get 1 or 2 medium leetcode questions and some more specific questions related directly to the role. For a UI role I got some react questions map/filter/reduce operations on arrays. For a backend role I was asked Java/Spring Boot theoretical questions.
As Alex and Rahul mentioned, the recruiter is the best resource and they will be able to share with you what types of questions you are likely to get.

This one is probably too narrow for anyone to know unfortunately 😥. I did some Googling and found these:

• https://www.glassdoor.com/Interview/Apple-Interview-Questions-E1138.htm?filter.jobTitleExact=Software+Engineer+%28Contractor%29
• https://www.glassdoor.com/Interview/Apple-Contractor-Interview-Questions-EI_IE1138.0,5_KO6,16.htm

There's nothing specific to Python though.

If I were you, I would do a mix of the following:

• Go through common Python questions overall (including trivia-based ones)
• Do the most common LeetCode problems attached to Apple in Python

Best of luck!

Curious what the recruiter has said about the role? They're probably the best source of (1) what the team works on and (2) what types of questions will be asked.

My thought: contractor interviews are much more about specific tools and technologies compared to full-time roles, which are evaluating "ability to learn" much more.