Apple Data Scientist interview questions

I went through 3 phone interviews before I was invited for an on-site interview. The first interview was a 30 minute phone call with the hiring manager. He asked about my past experience and basic data science questions. The next call was with a data scientist on the team who asked me to code in python. The third call was with a senior data scientist that asked basic machine learning questions. The on-site interview was a whole day ordeal. I got there at 10:30 am and left at 4:30 pm. There were several 30-minute meetings with data scientists, machine learning engineers, managers, etc.

I was prepared for this interview. I aced the take-home offline coding challenge. I correctly answered the technical challenges during the onsite. I got along with everyone on the team during lunch. After the interview I felt that I was highly qualified for the role. I surmise that it came down to culture fit. It took time and energy that could have been devoted to pursuing other prospects but it served as a good way of polishing my presentation skills for subsequent interviews.