I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Apple (Lake Grove, NY) in Oct 2011
Interview
The people at Apple are people people... they make a retail job seem AWESOME. Basically, in the group interview, you have to stand out -- they say they don't really care about your knowledge of Apple products ("we can teach that"), so they really want to see your personality. In the 1 on 1, they want to know more about you and your skills. Everyone I interacted with seemed cool, but not intimidatingly so. My only problem was being called back at the 11th hour for each interview...if they said they'd call within a week, they called at 9 p.m. on the 6th day. Very basic questions, nothing too difficult or mind blowing.
Famously competitive as always, my odds were better since I kept updating my resume whenever I was on the job search. They reached out to me first by email, I completed an application, and then had three rounds of interviews in total.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time when you had to work with someone hesitant to learn.
Started with group interview and asked us all questions, only asked three questions and also showed us a little about genmojis and allowed us to create our own. if successful was a one to one interview with store manager again only asked three questions.
3 interviews that were all online and then an in person orientation where we learned more about the company and the values. After this point I became a temp 6 month contract