I applied through university. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Apple (San Francisco, CA) in Nov 2011
Interview
Apple had a table set up at the SFSU Career Fair and all I did was sign up. They emailed me about a recruiting event taking place and I was invited. There were about 30+ people in the room. We began by introducing a partner to the group and the partner introduced me. They showed us slides and videos of what Apple has done for the community. You could add your input on certain comments made. After we separated into groups and were given a customer and their interests/career. We were to present what we would recommend to the customer, considering their hobbies and job. After the recruiting event, I was contacted about 10 days later for the next interview with the Director of Apple Retail Recruitment. There were two others with me during the interview. After this interview, I was contacted later that day by phone, asking for another interview with the store leader. That interview was with 3 others. About a month later, I was contacted for a final interview, which is in 2 days yet I have received the background check verification information. Hope it all goes well!
It’s a very long process so have patience. Sometimes they will give you feedback but if you are external you will just receive a turn down email. Keep applying. Apple says it’s not a NO. It’s a not now and that’s very true.
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.