Good: Friendly interviewers and recruitment team who showed huge interest in a good interview experience until they secured the interviews.

Bad: After spending 6 hours talking to 8 people at Apple, I was expecting to get, even if automatic, an email with the outcome of the process.

Neutral: The huge downside is the communication of expectations during the interview stages. Very few questions are situation-based, and the rest seemed like a friendly chat. This gives a nice feeling during the interview but is not effective because it doesn't assess anything clearly.

For example, if you are asked about the release process, you can talk for 3 days about different processes and not touch on a specific area or problem that the interviewer expects. A more efficient way of assessing this would be: “Tell me how you did X previously” or “How would you solve problem Y?”

How long is a piece of string?