Product Manager applicants have rated the interview process at Apple with 3.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 58% positive. To compare, the company-average is 64% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Product Manager roles take an average of 30 days to get hired, when considering 116 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 Product Manager according to 116 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 27%
One on one interview: 27%
Group panel interview: 9%
Presentation: 9%
Background check: 7%
Skills test: 7%
Drug test: 4%
Personality test: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
Other: 2%
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I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Apple (Chicago, IL) in Oct 2015
Interview
I applied through Reaching Out MBA (LGBT MBA job fair). Was invited for a dinner. Based on the conversation at the dinner some of us were invited for round 2. The interview in round 2 I feel went really well however the interviewer was very short and sounded disinterested and was rude.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1) Tell me about your self (and when I started telling he said keep it brief like 30 seconds).
2) There is an assembly line and all of a sudden it stopped working. No one is around how will you handle ?
3) Tell me something challenging about your career (and when I told him my answer he responded so whats challenging in that)
4) Whats the most proud accomplishment of your career ?
5) He asked me if I have any question for him. When I started asking the question he cut me short and said "even if you dont ask its fine"
Exhaustive process, the recruiter and the timeline was 3 months long without a proper clarity on where am I heading in the process. Overall good experience with the teams and they are pretty nice.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Behavioral questions about projects and a case study
I applied in-person. I interviewed at Apple (Cupertino, CA) in Apr 2026
Interview
Reached out by HR for initial screening by HM. Interviewed with HM for 30 mins. Brief intro followed by questions on background & the work I have done and the product I have launched. Career trajectory
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Apple (New York, NY) in Mar 2026
Interview
Very thorough and technical. It’s a highly competitive process for PMs so have strong POVs for product roadmap that are relevant to Apple with insight into Dev knowledge as well. This is on par with other FAANG companies, and I suggest have a POV prepared on growing and scaling with AI.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time you had to pivot a product strategy halfway through execution.