The quality of hiring gets lower by the day
The quality of hiring gets lower by the day
Above-average pay and perks. Decent personal discount on Apple devices.
Very secretive, even when it comes to projects you are working on, making it hard to communicate cross-functionally.
Extremely overcrowded. You get invited to meetings that require driving, but when you get there, it's impossible to find parking. Very few teams use web conferencing, making your life very difficult.
Overpriced cafe food. Most of the items are $9, and some are creeping towards $10-$12. There's no reason to choose the cafe over local restaurants since you pay about the same and it's not particularly convenient.
Only selected teams get to go to Apple Campus 2 (Apple Park), and you quickly realize that your team is considered a second-class citizen because you are not working on flashy features.
Help is getting harder and harder to find because of how expensive Cupertino is getting. Apple is making it worse because they continue to build high-density housing without investing a single dime in housing. With hiring taking longer, most management would rather settle for lower-quality hires and get the rack filled quickly, which is very disruptive to current work and projects.
The CEO only fights for causes that get him national attention so he can make headlines. In reality, he doesn't care about any of this. It clearly shows when the company provides zero benefit to the local community compared to other local tech giants.
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Phone screen and then a panel interview. It was very technical and challenging. There were lots of questions about previous projects, along with some standard questions about why Apple. I didn't hear back after several weeks. Phone screen and then
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The all-day interview involved meeting with most of the team, likely across 6 or 7 rounds. I finally spoke with the director at the end. It was an exhausting process due to the sheer number of rounds. Many of the questions were also repeated by the
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Applied online. Received an email days later requesting a phone interview. Passed the phone interview and was offered the design challenge. Completed the design challenge and then had an interview with the team.
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Cupertino, California, United StatesApril 3, 2023Phone screen and then a panel interview. It was very technical and challenging. There were lots of questions about previous projects, along with some standard questions about why Apple. I didn't hear back after several weeks. Phone screen and then
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Cupertino, California, United StatesFebruary 1, 2023The all-day interview involved meeting with most of the team, likely across 6 or 7 rounds. I finally spoke with the director at the end. It was an exhausting process due to the sheer number of rounds. Many of the questions were also repeated by the
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Cupertino, California, United StatesJuly 1, 2021Applied online. Received an email days later requesting a phone interview. Passed the phone interview and was offered the design challenge. Completed the design challenge and then had an interview with the team.
