Applied online on the careers website. After some time, multiple recruiters reached out to ask four or five administrative questions via email:

• Where are you located?
• If required, are you open to relocating to [LOCATION]?
• How did you hear about this role?
• Are you actively interviewing?
• If things progress to an offer, how much time would you need to get started with us?
• Will you need sponsorship or visa-related support from Apple in order to begin employment?
• If so, I will follow up with a list of questions for you to complete.

After answering, you are handed off to a recruiting coordinator to schedule an interview. This interview will immediately be a video call (they use WebEx, yuck), and they put in the invite that they have a dress code.

What they don't tell you is that this first interview is actually the phone screen and is with the hiring manager. They don't let on and see how you behave. They also don't give any specifics or details during this interview; it's all a bunch of non-specific vagueness and STAR personality questions. If you ask for any clarification, they will tell you they can't go into specifics in this interview.

Unfortunately, they push hard for relocation, and everyone has to go back into the office starting April 11, 2022. From what I gathered from multiple interviews, there is a huge waiting list for desk space at Apple Park in Cupertino. So, I don't really know how any of those logistics are going to work.

In addition, I was told that Apple does not do relocation or sign-on bonuses unless you can furnish a screenshot of a competing offer or stock that you stand to lose.

Give me a test plan for a pen.

The hiring manager also declined to give acceptance criteria, any specifics about the use cases, the environments, the users, or the business use-case.