Apple Interview Questions & Reviews in Phoenix, AZ Area

Interviewed Nov 2008 in Phoenix, AZ (took 2 weeks)

I have worked for the company prior to this interview.
I relocated to a new state so I was anticipating a smooth process since the store was not open yet and not all positions were filled...however management ...well "management" on both sides dropped the ball on that and left me in the air and never responded to me.

So I was alittle sour to do this interview even though the company is a pretty great place to work.

So i was contacted by a regional recruiter for a phone interview before sending my information to the local store.
The recruiter was friendly, informative and very interactive with the questions and seemed to really want to know more about my skills and interests. So i felt fairly comfortable with the way it was headed and the prospective position offer.
Even though it was a different position from my previous position, though it was a higher waged and more hours offered.

After the interview was over I was contacted a week later by the retail stores hiring manager about arranging a time to sit down and speak with the tech team leader.
Since i never been there I decided to check out the store and maybe get a chance to chat with someone on the tech team or even a store manager to get a vibe for the store and what theyre looking for in someone.

I came into the store and was very impressed with the layout, it was very open, and larger than the previous store I was in...it was a bit more humbling in its layout and spacious for each position had its place and was open and impressed overall.
However I wish i was treated the same, when i came in i was treated sort of like a window shopper, no sales associate or employee really gave me any attention none asked me any questions or told me about any products in the store...except one question - "would you like to buy something today?" and im like....well what am i going to buy? So i was a bit discouraged...moving on.

I ws greated by the tech team leader and asked a few questions about the position and what sort of day to day tasks are involved and how is the vibe of it and what are people saying about it etc etc.

So i thanked them and a few days later was my scheduled interview; i met with Tech team leader i met with a few days prior...unfortunately he did not remember me, even though it was a fairly reasonable amount of time when i first came in to talk to him, a HR Leader, and an assistant store manager.
I was abit reluctant with the interview, as the team members were not very inquisitive at all during the process.
I was mainly asking the questions; which im used to and can handle fairly well,but it felt like i wasnt even there or they really werent interested. so i baited around to get some ideas of what they were interested in me personally.
They didnt really challenge me in regards to the position, be it being a tech position, it was more about being a salesmen form how they asked the questions instead of the position it self.
So it was a little bit of a less impressive interview from what Im used to, they sort of asked the generic typical cue card questions and that was that.

So I thanked them and wasnt really looking forward to a phone call, I got one a few days later asking to come in for some pre-hire documents to be signed and to inquire about the offer.
I went in and the tech team leader gave me a quick skills assessment just to kind of see how i would react and i was prepared for it

So that went well for me atleast, the tech team leader and the HR leader propsed an offer, laid out a temp schedule and things like that but, unfortunately I was just not that interested in being apart of a team that didnt really show enthusiasm or interest personally in me.
They made it fairly apparent they might not keep the person they hired for this position for more than a few months and I did not want to end up in the same position I was in again and out of a job, so i had to quickly weigh the options pros/cons of accepting the offer and it just did not feel as a reasonable fit for me based on the overall feel of how they seemed in offering the position ...

I thanked them, and when i got home i did send them a thank you email note appreciating their time and interest, including the phone interview recruiter,
I contacted the corporate HQ regarding certain positions and the fact of being dropped from my previous transfer request and was offered a more respectable and much better than I was previously given.a