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No difficult questions. Usual STAR method and then they explain you something they do and ask you how you would solve the problem (sometimes there is not a precise answer so you should just think a bit about it). Very easy. Check some papers from Delft/Eindhoven university and ASML.
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Design Engineer

Interviewed at ASML

4
Aug 18, 2014

No difficult questions. Usual STAR method and then they explain you something they do and ask you how you would solve the problem (sometimes there is not a precise answer so you should just think a bit about it). Very easy. Check some papers from Delft/Eindhoven university and ASML.

The interviewer set the rear cover of an old iPod Touch on the table and asked me to identify the materials. If you had designed this rear cover, what are 5 tests that you would conduct on the completed iPod Touch assembly to ensure that your rear cover design met all applicable requirements? Why?
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Product Design Engineer

Interviewed at Apple

4.1
Dec 2, 2014

The interviewer set the rear cover of an old iPod Touch on the table and asked me to identify the materials. If you had designed this rear cover, what are 5 tests that you would conduct on the completed iPod Touch assembly to ensure that your rear cover design met all applicable requirements? Why?

You have 3 light bulbs upstairs and 3 light switches downstairs but don't know which switch connects to witch bulb. How can you switch the bulbs once and then go upstairs and immediately know which switch belongs to which bulb?
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Mechanical Design Engineer

Interviewed at Apple

4.1
Dec 1, 2016

You have 3 light bulbs upstairs and 3 light switches downstairs but don't know which switch connects to witch bulb. How can you switch the bulbs once and then go upstairs and immediately know which switch belongs to which bulb?

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