After my first interview, I was referred to another team. I was supposed to have a total of four more interviews, but for some reason, I was scheduled for five additional ones, making it six in total.

I informed the hiring team that I had another offer with a deadline weeks in advance. However, the same person repeatedly asked if I had any deadlines, as if forgetting what I had mentioned multiple times.

At the last moment, all my interviews were set up at once, within days after I reminded them of my deadline again. Every member I interviewed told me they were put in last minute and didn't really seem to know what to ask me or what previous candidates had asked. It ended up being questions they seemed to have made up on the spot.

The majority of them did not even ask anything about my experience. The last one just informed me what to study (I assumed that was a good thing). The whole time, I could hear text message pings and could tell when he wasn't listening.

When I finished my interview, I asked if I could know a decision before my deadline but was told it wasn't possible. However, I was told I was "trending positively" among the team, leading me to wrongly believe I was in a good spot.

Two days after I declined the other intriguing offer due to its deadline decision, I was told I didn't get the role, leaving me offerless.

Ouch, Apple.

Three of five interviewers asked about signal integrity analysis.