I applied on Apple.com for an interesting job, but didn't hear back about it. Six months later, they reached out to me about a different job. I was glad that they did, since that job fit my skills and interests even better. The interview process is pretty thorough; three rounds of interviews. First round, met with the hiring manager and several people in the team. Second round, met with a bunch of people that I would be supporting ('internal clients'). Each of these rounds consisted of a bunch of 30-minute slots, back-to-back-to-back; a little bit of a whirlwind. Third round, met with the manager of the hiring manager, before getting the offer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you resolve a strategic disagreement you had with an internal client?
Long process and after 9 interviews (with more rounds added at random), I receive an automated rejection without any additional communication from the recruiter. Ultimately know the candidate it went to and was a good fit, but wish they’d communicated more.
Very short, single interview with manager. I’ve never been asked more direct questions in an interview. I think interviews that stress more conversational are much more effective. This felt like it was trying to get me to create a list of examples.
Around 10 rounds of interviews, two interviews with direct reports. HR appears to be impolite and condescending. But the interviewers all very nice and the questions are not too difficult.