Company: Apple
Date: 2017-01-13
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Junior

Hardware Test Engineering (HWTE TDL)
Pros: Lots of cross functional team interactions, if you like travel and are single lots of opportunity to travel to China business class and stay in premium hotels. HWTE org works across all product lines so potential to switch between them.
Cons: Work life balance expect to work your weekends and holidays. Evening calls and text messages during family times are normal. If don't answer then it can be perceived that you are not committed to Apple. HWTE can be a very political at times. 
Previous experience outside of Apple counts for nothing once you join. You practically become an intern again. TDL role has lots of responsibilities but no one is accountable to you. You are advised upon Jong to bribe people with lunch to ensure your emails get answered.