I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Apple (Cupertino, CA) in May 2014
Interview
Recruiter reached out over email and after an exchange we chatted on the phone and then she asked for a phone screen with manager.
Basic overview of role, asked about past projects. Nothing very unusual. The manager asked me my thoughts about Apple as a company. In the end, we realized that the position was not the right match and possibly other positions at Apple might be better suited, and so we decided not to pursue further steps in this regard. I was surprised that the position was a Technical Project Manager position; not many peer companies of Apple have that position, they have Technical Program Manager positions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Basic overview of role, asked about past projects. Nothing very unusual.
felt like they are looking for someone who had the exact same experience before. The hiring manager seemed very bored and actually that intimidated me during the interview. Not behavioral based
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If I have any experience of using tools like SQL/Python
It was hard. You had to very well prepared for this interview and if you weren't, you'd be screwed. Please make sure you study hard for weeks on end or else it'll be super hard.
I applied online. I interviewed at Apple (New York, NY)
Interview
I think every team at Apple runs their own process. Here was my experience:
I had a hiring screen, then a behavioral screen, and then a technical screen.
After that, there was a super day meeting with 5 individuals in 1 on 1 interviews
(1) Product experience
(2) Product design
(3) Engineering partnership
(4) Team Fit / Culture Fit
(5) Leadership / Potential
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If you’re given a black box and you can get all the data you want, what data would you want?
Technical Project Manager applicants have rated the interview process at Apple with 2.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 27% positive. To compare, the company-average is 64% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Technical Project Manager roles take an average of 14 days to get hired, when considering 15 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Apple overall takes an average of 29 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Apple as a Technical Project Manager according to 15 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 34%
One on one interview: 31%
Group panel interview: 14%
Presentation: 7%
Skills test: 7%
Background check: 3%
Personality test: 3%
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