I applied to a job posted on LinkedIn. The recruiter asked for a phone screen the very next day. The phone screen with the hiring manager went very well, with mostly general background questions. I was then called in for an onsite interview. I freed up my whole week for Apple!

However, the onsite interview was cancelled, and the recruiter asked for details for the following week.

No worries; anything for Apple! The onsite was scheduled a week after the first one. I was at Apple! The interview lasted for a few hours, and four people interviewed me. It was not overly technical – nothing like writing a script or code. It was mostly about branching strategies and other general SCM questions. I was very happy and confident I would be called in for the second round.

In hindsight, there was a reason the interview was so simple: they had already decided they were not going to hire me. After a few unreplied emails from the recruiter, I finally called, and she said they had decided to hire an internal candidate.

Every single one asked this question: Why Apple?