J'ai postulé en ligne. Le processus a pris 6 semaines. J'ai passé un entretien chez Apple (San Diego, CA) en déc. 2023
Entretien
Roughly 12 hours over 6 weeks of interviews between 15 people, some in pairs, most individual, almost all technical-focused with a big emphasis on work ethic, personality and communication skills.
Single round interviews until final 2 days, then 5 round technical, followed up by 3 rounds with senior management.
J'ai postulé via la recommandation d'un employé. Le processus a pris 6 semaines. J'ai passé un entretien chez Apple (Phoenix, AZ) en avr. 2013
Entretien
Apple is careful about selecting the right people. The typical interview process involves many interviews with various levels to ensure you are the right fit. I interviewed with the recruiter twice, 3 potential peers, and two separate managers. Having a great knowledge of the Apple history is helpful. Understand how Apple differentiates itself from its competitors is a key. They do not do everything, but pride themselves on what they do.
J'ai postulé via un recruteur. Le processus a pris 4 semaines. J'ai passé un entretien chez Apple (Cupertino, CA) en janv. 2013
Entretien
I got a cold call from a recruiter with Apple. I did a 1:1 with the hiring manager was was invited the following week to interview in Cupertino. I had 4 interviews including one with the hiring manager whom I met on the telephone call. That was about the only interview which went well. I found his staff and I did not click at all, with the 3rd interviewer forgetting about me, and I sat in a meeting room alone for an hour wondering what was going on. He came in after being an hour late and had no idea what I was applying for, who I was, and had no questions for me. He asks me "what is the difference between a segmentation fault and a page fault". I almost missed my plane home.
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Question 1
This was my first interview with an engineering team within IS&T at Apple and felt like the 3 interviewers were overly harsh. Don't be surprised if they say "write a shell script on the board", or ask subnetting questions (e.g. IP address to binary) or get heavy into networking questions for a Systems Admin job. I was surprised, and didn't really find a lot of the questions fair for the job classification. I was not impressed that I was left alone and forgotten.