The process took 7 weeks. I interviewed at Apple (Lehi, UT)
Interview
Very professional in setting up interviews. Interviewers were very friendly and asked simple personal questions. I had 3 interviews that all seemed positive. The only part that i think contributed to the no offer is that they didn’t seem that interested in project management interns despite listing it as a position in the internship. If they had told me before i would have been willing to be a software engineer i just kept saying i wanted to do project management because they said it was an option. I’d recommend to all other candidates they don’t stress an interest in project management.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
You have a list of lyrics write a function to count the frequency of each word in the function. Adjust the function to get the top 5 most frequent words
I applied through college or university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Apple (Cupertino, CA) in Oct 2017
Interview
After a preliminary 30 minute call, I received an email about a week later asking me to complete a design challenge. After completing that, I had another 30 minute call during which I was offered the position.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you design this (insert every day object)?
I applied through college or university. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Apple (New York, NY) in Oct 2017
Interview
The recruiter contacted me about an open position. Sent me a questionnaire sort of thing over E-Mail to fill. After that I had first interview within a week later. It is just a screening round. 1 week after my first interview, I was asked about timings for 2nd round. 2nd round also went well.
After that my recruiter kept on telling me that the director of team I am interviewing for at Apple is deciding whether to take one candidate for the role or two. He kept on replying this for about 3-4 weeks. I kind of hoped that I will get this position. At the end of the 4th week, when I told him that I have another offer from other company and I need to respond to them, he told that the team is interviewing with another set of candidates through round 1 and round2 during this time. So literally recruiter lied on my face.
I was a huge huge fan of Apple and been using all their products over the past 7 years. This incident and my other interviews with companies that I admire made me realize the hard fact that they only need us as customers. When it comes to they being customers(trying to buy us), they really judge a lot and even go to the extent of lying on the face.
It wouldn't have mattered about how much I know the subject, but I felt that this will be the company that I will work for the next 30 years of my life and really give my best (or work over time as long as I am bachelor) and help Apple.
Apple, honestly and with at most respect, u lost a true fan :( And I am no longer able to see their product and their vision the way I saw it earlier.