6-8 rounds with engineering managers, program managers from UK and US.
Takes a long time though! From initial application to getting a call for interview took a couple of months in my case.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you partner with different engineering teams and drive your workflow to achieve the goals.
Multiple rounds with a panel of 6-8 people as part of the interview process. Recruiters are slow to get back to you and often will ghost you. Even when an offer is imminent it could take a month or 2.
Straightforward but judgmental from the start.
Dive in and wade the water, and hopefully you get to the next question, and then wade that scenario. Overall great experience and enjoyed the process.
Three step process, incredibly smooth and well informed along the way. The interviewers were clearly engaged and polite, and I had a lot of flexibility with timing. It didn't end up working out for unrelated reasons.
Program Manager applicants have rated the interview process at Apple with 3.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 38% positive. To compare, the company-average is 64% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Program Manager roles take an average of 40 days to get hired, when considering 43 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 Program Manager according to 43 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: Â 28%
Phone interview: Â 28%
Group panel interview: Â 15%
Background check: Â 8%
Skills test: Â 7%
Presentation: Â 5%
Drug test: Â 4%
Personality test: Â 3%
IQ intelligence test: Â 1%
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