I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Apple (Austin, TX) in Oct 2010
Interview
The interview involved myself and a group of approximately 30 candidates.
It was mainly a presentation video about how great Apple retail is and how fortunate you would be if you were hired.
They asked the group 1 by 1 to speak about themselves and tell everyone what their favorite "guilty pleasure" song was on their ipod.
They also broke the group up into teams and assigned an exercise in selling an imaginary item to the rest of the group.
It was ridiculous and I didnt get called back.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is your favorite guilty pleasure song on your ipod?