I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2+ months. I interviewed at Apple (Shanghái, Shanghai) in Sep 2017
Interview
Reached out by recruiter, after brief talk on phone, set up first phone interview with hiring manager, overall went well, I was moved to next round by hiring manager directly during the phone interview. Next round was on campus, meet with 5team members, each 30mins, more backgrounds and experience questions. One week later, got phone call from recruiter to have face to face meeting with hiring manager, together with another team member. The interview was set right after I'm back from a long holiday leave, not quite my best or even normal condition, didn't do well. Also some questions was pretty tough.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
What would you do if you have some nasty customers you have to work with?
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Apple in Jun 2017
Interview
First, there was a recruiter discussion (screening effort), followed by a call with a peer role. The call was about 40 minutes long, and focused mainly on my experience and a description of the position being applied for (all pretty straight forward). Feedback was tailored towards communication and thinking methodologies. The next call (committed to during the first call) was with the position's direct supervisor, and was structured much differently. It was more conversational, discussing in detail a technical challenge in my experience. The interviewer asked many probing and curiosity based questions, which seemed to be a conversational test of my knowledge and thinking strategy, as well as a performance of my communication skills. This call concluded with an invitation to visit the campus.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
"Tell me about a technical challenge you've encountered, and how you overcame it."
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Apple (Cupertino, CA)
Interview
Pretty long day with 9 consecutive 45-min interviews. Everyone was friendly, very smart. Met with people at all levels and a variety of roles, including engineers, program managers, and QA. Seemed more about the cultural fit, relationship building, and the core part of an EPM duties vs factors to consider when trying to go above and beyond. Overall, a good exprience and welcome people to enjoy it.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Case study to think through different variables about next gen technology