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Updated Mar 26, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.

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Overall Positive Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Feb 2012 (took 2 weeks)

I saw a job posting on linkedin and emailed a recruiter directly. After about a 30 minute interview with the recruiter I set up an interview with the Regional Manager. The interview was pretty basic but seemed like the decision to move forward with another candidate was already made. The typical interview questions... why Apple, tell me about yourself...

Interview Questions

How do you think you would handle current employees who have applied for this job?

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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Jan 2012 (took a day)

Had a very good meeting, in person. I thought it went really well and had a natural rapport with the interviewer. He seemed like a great guy and I'm still hopeful that I am still being considered. It has been a long time since we met and I have not received any feedback. I'd like to know but am trying to maintain the attitude that no news is good news. Anyone else have a similar experience?

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Why do you want to work at Apple?

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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.

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4.0

Difficult Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Received and Declined Offer

Interviewed Mar 2010 in Austin, TX (took 2+ weeks)

Personal 1-1 interviews with the entire team and upper level management. Thorough process to be sure. Overall the team provided a glimpse into the daily life of working with them that helped increase my interest but in general the leadership on the sales side was unrealistic.

Reason for Declining

Not a good fit.

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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Background Check.

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4.0

Difficult Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Jan 2011 (took 4+ weeks)

Very in-depth interview process. I was impressed and would have liked an offer. There were five separate meetings and phone interviews.

Interview Questions

How would you create a customer need for our products?

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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Jun 2011 in Chicago, IL (took 2 days)

An Apple recruiter contacted me and invited me to "interview" with Apple. Turned out to be a group interview with about 20 other people. As we entered the room, we were applauded by the Apple Managers and then had to mingle with each other for about 15 minutes. After a presentation on how great Apple was, all the Managers introduced themselves, and told us what they wanted to be when they were little. Then we had to introduce the person sitting next to us. We were then split into groups of 6 and had to give a presentation to the group while all the Apple Managers furiously took notes. Got an email back from the recruiter and invited me back for the second round of interviews. This interview consisted of two panel interviews with five different people and another candidate. It was interesting to hear another candidate answer interview questions, but was kind of awkward for us to answer the exact same questions right after each other. The entire process left me feeling rushed and unable to really connect with any one person.

Interview Questions

Why do you want to work at Apple?

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Can you provide a time you dealt with an unhappy customer?

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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview, a Presentation and a Personality Test.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Feb 2010 (took 2 months)

I targeted certain employers where I would feel passionate about working. Apple was at the top of my list. I applied for several positions and was called into a recruitment event which consisted of about 20 prospective employees, 20 actual employees, and several managers. We were asked questions as a group and then broke up into smaller groups and did a lot of role playing. It was really fun if you are outgoing and a people person. Definitely not for introverts. Next, I was contacted by Apple's regional recruiter who asked me some pretty generic interview questions such as "Why Apple." I also had to answers specific questions about my experience, my strengths and weakness and my knowledge of Apple and its products. That is where it currently stands. I have not proceeded to the next steps.

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How do you deal with difficult situations?

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Feb 2010 (took 3 weeks)

Received a call from a Recruiter who interviewed me. After the interview, we scheduled a phone interview with a store manager. Following that interview, I did a 1:1 interview at a store, and was asked several open ended questions.

A week later, I had another phone interview with a head of business development, and the questions were much more business and sales focused.

The interview process is a long one (it's still going), but it's been fun talking with a bunch of really smart people at Apple.