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Updated Mar 16, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Off Site Traveling Manager for Out Sourced Call Centers at Apple
Posted Apr 25, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2010 in Austin, TX (took a day)
Endless you know someone on the inside track on the position that you are applying for, you will not get the position and if you had ever been on a medical leave for any reason, you will get the interview but you will not get the position.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Senior Design Engineer at Apple
Posted Apr 20, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2011 in Austin, TX (took 2+ weeks)
Attended apple job fair, which leads to some phone interview process. For phone interview, it takes quite an hour of going through resume, about what are the latest projects worked on, some in depth work knowledge, some basic questions about design, languages, and overall quite hard interview process.
On site is full day with 9 people.
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Other Details
I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Skills Test and a Personality Test.
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Sales Associate at Apple
Posted Apr 6, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2010 in Austin, TX (took a day)
The interview involved myself and a group of approximately 30 candidates.
It was mainly a presentation video about how great Apple retail is and how fortunate you would be if you were hired.
They asked the group 1 by 1 to speak about themselves and tell everyone what their favorite "guilty pleasure" song was on their ipod.
They also broke the group up into teams and assigned an exercise in selling an imaginary item to the rest of the group.
It was ridiculous and I didnt get called back.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview, a Presentation, a Skills Test and a Personality Test.
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Accounting at Apple
Posted Mar 8, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2011 in Austin, TX (took 2 weeks)
First 30 minutes was an interview with their head of the Department. First, it was like any interview where he asked me questions, such as "tell me about a time you worked on a team. Did it go well? What things could you have done differently to make it better?" He then asked actual accounting questions, such as "when would you defer a revenue rather than recognize it right away?" and "why would you capitalize an asset rather than expense it?"
Overall, half of the interview was situational and more based on my personality while the remaining 15 minutes was testing my accounting knowledge.
Then, he asked if I had extra time to consult with another employee whom he brought along. She asked basically the same questions, and he said they would later compare answers.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Project Manager at Apple
Posted Sep 2, 2010
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2009 in Austin, TX (took 2+ weeks)
It was going great, 2 interviews with the hiring manager, and 2 more with peers and lateral groups collaborating. The fifth interview was a shocking surprise. It was with the director, lasted for about 13 - 15 minutes, the agenda was to eliminate. Did not get to discussing any topic related to the job.
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Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Presentation.
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Supply Chain Manager at Apple
Posted Aug 20, 2010 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Jun 2010 in Austin, TX (took 6 weeks)
First I had a phone screen with HR then a conference call with the hiring manager. I was then flown to Cupertino where I met with 5 other folks. It was a nice interview experience with good rapport.
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Reason for Declining
I decided to wait and hold out for a more senior role.
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Inside Sales Agent at Apple
Posted Jul 26, 2010 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jul 2010 in Austin, TX (took a day)
It was a very simple phone interview with the Apple recruiter. They wanted my history as a salesperson. I was asked to describe a typical day of work for me in my current position. Of course I was asked why I was interested in the position I was applying for. She did go into compensation primarily to see if I was interested in continueing the interview process. The salary is a bit lower than what I am expecting, but it can't hurt to talk. I did schedule a face to face interview from the phone interview.
Interview Questions
Why do you want to change from your current position to work for Apple?
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Sales Operations Support at Apple
Posted Apr 5, 2010 — 2 of 2 people found this helpful
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2010 in Austin, TX (took 2 days)
The recruiter was awesome. He conducted a quick phone screening to see how I sounded on the phone, asked a few questions and invited me for a face-to-face panel interview with 2 hiring managers. They gave detailed instructions on time, location and even dress. They said it was a 45 minute interview but only took around 25.
The hiring managers were very much take-charge of how the interview would go. They asked the basic behavioral and strength/weakness questions. They did give me a chance to ask questions at the end. The "tone" of the entire interview was focused fully on what they were looking for and having me sell them on how I fit. It would not say it was a dialogue to see if there was a mutual fit. They were very respectful and polite, but pretty stoic and formal. I was not sold on the desire to work in this particular group, even if is Apple, so I know I didn't "sell" myself on the job. Plus the position was absolutely not a fit for me, and you can't move to another group for a year. When I asked them what programs were in place for rewarding superior performance, I was told in this group their was a peer team player award, but that the managers basically expect you to do your job and do it well and that's it.
I wouldn't say I either enjoyed or disliked the interview. It wasn't fun but wasn't bad either. The recruiting process was great. I knew I was not in the running for second round, nor did I want to be. But the recruiter did follow up in the next week to tell me they were pursuing other candidates.
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Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Inventory Specialist at Apple
Posted Mar 8, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2010 in Austin, TX (took a day)
This was just my first interview. It seemed like it was rushed together and there were several other interviews happening at the same time as mine. There were basic questions about job experience and history. I was interviewed by one person while another took notes. They were both friendly. It was over in ten minutes and I was told I would get a call if there would be a second interview.
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Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Advisor at Apple
Posted Feb 7, 2010
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jun 2008 in Austin, TX (took 1 week)
Like most, I started at Apple through Volt. Volt does the standard background test and then a skills interview. the skils interview at Volt is silly because it is all about Windows computers, so if you have truly never used a PC it might be difficult no matter how great you are at working on Macs. A few days later, I went to a group presentation and skills test at Apple, where they asked Mac-specific tech questions using a standardized online form. Immediately after, we had quick one-on-one interviews. Standard interview questions. A few days later i received a call from Volt with the offer.
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Negotiation Details
There was no real opportunity to negotiate because it was such a standardized process. I literally had no idea who was making the offer to me, it came through Volt and was just a form from Apple to sign or not.
Other Details
I got the interview through a Staffing Agency and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Skills Test and a Background Check.
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