I applied through other source. The process took 6 days. I interviewed at Apple (Florence) in Feb 2015
Interview
My very long interview Process for an Apple Leadership Position is definitely my worst hiring experience in my entire lifetime.
I am an experienced Store Manager and i would have never expected that treatment, mostly after travelling 3 times from South of Italy to Tuscany, spending money that they did never refund me although i had several times a promise that they will do it.
5 interviews. Two by phones. Three in 1:1 situation.
The last one ( i supposed the easier and calmer one) was an awful situation causing the clear aggressivity and language poorness ( italian and english) by the "main" interviewer. Yep, the main.
There were other two interviewers ( ladies) in the room that have not been able to say a word. Tremendous for me and them.
After a 6 months process long, no returning feeback at all. This sounds so ridicolous to me.
Shame on you Apple. But i am sure that the real problem is dealing with ITALIAN Apple leaders. They are ruining a company because they are "italianizing" the entire Apple here.
I will embrace for sure their retail project because my real intention in life is to join Apple team but i will do it outside Italy for sure.
I applied online. I interviewed at Apple (Cupertino, CA)
Interview
The interviewer was unprepared, showed up late, and acted very informally. They had no idea who they were interviewing and had not read my resume. Only want to hear what they/he/she wanted to hear, and it felt like they were just had a bad day.
Met with the recruiter and the hiring manager but unfortunately I was not able to get past that round. Recruiter did say they will try to reach out again in the future so crossing my fingers I get another chance.
I had 5 interviews, these were with the recruiter, my line manager, line manager's peer, senior leader, then finally my manager's manager. In my experience, the interviews were mostly pretty simple.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If you had a diary clash, how would you choose which meeting to attend?