I have taken the Apple interview twice, once for an internship (and I got the offer), and once for full-time (I got ghosted after the first round, oops).

Having experienced the different internship rounds, I have tried to sum up Apple’s internship interview process and tips to crack it.

The Apple experience was quite different compared to the rest of the Big N.

A huge advantage of getting an internship at Apple is, they have the highest intern retention rate, as far as I know, compared to the rest.

There is always a possibility that you’ll not convert to full-time if you intern at Amazon, Google, etc., but with Apple, an internship offer pretty much guarantees a full-time offer unless you really mess up.

The reason being: Apple is very secretive about their work culture; they take their privacy very seriously.

They want to retain their employees, including interns. Hence, the bar for hiring interns is very high, almost as high as hiring full-timers directly.

Another difference was how fast the entire process was.

I had 4 rounds in 2 days, and by the evening of the second day, I had the offer letter in my hand.

It was my first offer from a tech giant, and I was shaking with excitement and disbelief, if I'm very honest.

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