Joining APT: Engineering

The talent of APT's Engineers is the foundation of its success. We target recent graduates from college campuses and experienced programmers and designers.

How to Apply

APT invests significant time and resources to find and attract exceptional individuals. Each fall, we recruit students from some of the leading universities where we have long-standing relationships. Students should apply through the school's career services website and selected students will be interviewed on campus. More experienced/lateral hires should apply directly through our website.

What We Look For

This topic is complex and can be subject to interpretation. As engineers, that prompted us to seek clearer specifications and led us to develop the following questionnaire:

  1. How well do you and math get along?

    1. You haven't been on speaking terms since elementary school

    2. It's complicated

    3. You appreciate the beauty of math well-applied

    4. You and math are already discussing the distribution of answers to this questionnaire

  2. What do you think about technology?

    1. It is the root of all evil

    2. It's really, really complicated

    3. Both A and B

    4. It captures the essence of the human spirit, while also enabling my StarCraft II addiction

  3. Do you have any interest in business?

    1. It is the stem attached to the root of all evil

    2. None of your business

    3. First, I need to send this to 10 of my friends

    4. So a businessman, my future, and APT walk into an interview...

  4. Describe your ideal work environment.

    1. Somewhere close to a well-stocked kitchen, a library of fantasy books, a Wii, and a foosball table

    2. Small, self-organized teams

    3. Large monitors, solid-state hard-drives and complete freedom in how I set up my workstation

    4. All of the above

  5. How do you spend your free time?

    1. Running ultra-marathons

    2. Comparing chess and StarCraft II openings

    3. Reading XKCD

    4. Constructing human pyramids after kickball games

  6. What do you look for in a company?

    1. A brilliant future

    2. Endless opportunities to learn

    3. Constant new challenges

    4. All of the above and coworkers with perfect scores on this questionnaire

If you correctly inferred the right answers to all of the questions, congratulations! You have already demonstrated the valuable ability to decipher open-ended specs.

To find out how to prepare for an interview, click here.