I applied through a recruiter. The process took 8 weeks. I interviewed at Apple (Cupertino, CA) in Mar 2015
Interview
I first had a phone interview with the recruiter which then lead to another phone interview with a hiring manager. After that, I was invited for an on-site interview with 7 different people. Each interview took about 30 minutes. They had to switch the interview schedule around on a few occasions since some of the people interviewing me were pulled into other meetings.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
What are 3 qualities that are important to be a successful program manager?
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Apple (Cupertino, CA)
Interview
1 phone screen with Recruiter
2 phone interviews with hiring managers of 2 different teams
Went onsite and met 8 diff. people
Had a final phone interview with Director
Overall interview process was not too bad, but I did not get a good feel of the company culture from the tone of the interview. It seemed very clear that the expectation is to give up one's life and just spend all the time at work. Not a good fit for me
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What do I enjoy about the role?
Career plans? Where do I see myself 3-4 years from now?
Expectations from the role (working hours/work life balance)
Comfortable with travel
Why Apple?
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Apple (Cupertino, CA) in Jan 2014
Interview
My resume was passed on to a hiring manager through referral, the hiring manager called me to set up 30 min telephonic interview. THe interview went very well and asked the recruiter to schedule me in for a f2f with a larger group of people. The recruiter called me and discussed my background for 10 mins and set me up with hiring coordinator to schedule my interviews and travel. Finally, my interview was scheduled with 6 interviewers 30 min each back to back. It was very stressful to do interviews for straight 3 hrs back to back.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If you were tasked with setting up NPI operations in a new geographic location, what kind of help you would ask me?