Software Manager applicants have rated the interview process at Apple with 3.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 64% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Manager roles take an average of 60 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Apple overall takes an average of 29 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Apple as a Software Manager according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 50%
One on one interview: 50%
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Multi-step process, took two months from initial contact throgh three technical interviews. I was at the end turned down after the executive-level interview. The interviewers were mostly very smart, asking very good questions. The interviews were 30 minutes long, so I got totalk to a lot of people. Overall, an enjoyable experience.
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Asking about my faillures, interested in the lessons learned from them.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Apple
Interview
1. Spoke with recruiter
2. Phone screen by hiring manager. Mainly on behavior questions and background. Walk through my experience and management style.
3. 1st round interview. With program manager, technical managers, and engineers.
4. 2nd round interview. With hiring manager and cross functional teams' management (product, QA, development), and VP.
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Most of the questions were behavior. For example, how do you build your team? How do you develop your people? Can you tell me about a learning you had from one of your success or failure and how would you do it differently next time? On technical questions, how does caching work on websites, how does akamai work, etc.