Sales 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 57% positive. To compare, the company-average is 64% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Sales roles take an average of 15 days to get hired, when considering 68 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 Sales according to 68 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 24%
Phone interview: 23%
One on one interview: 21%
Background check: 9%
Skills test: 7%
Personality test: 5%
Presentation: 5%
Drug test: 3%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Other: 2%
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The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Apple (San Diego, CA) in Aug 2010
Interview
About 30 applicants were called in after applying on Apple.com/jobs. We were all greeted in a very friendly way by the Apple staff and they were extremely enthusiastic. We watched a couple videos about Apple and the Human Resources Manger told us more about Apple and her role and what they expect from us - also about each position. Then we got into group of 5 and answered questions about previous job experience, what we did in certain situations, and our involvement and contributions to our previous jobs. If you made that round, you were called back the following day or next day and had a 1:1 interview with two different people. One asked technical questions about computers, technology, etc., and the other was more of a behavioral interview asking what we'd do in certain situations.
Focused on understanding motivation and your desire to be in the business - interested to know more about you as a person rather than just about the skills you already have
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Q: what inspires you to get out of bed in the morning?
Good lots of sales and support and repairs and triaging and personal stories. Stories of character and working with others. Maybe a question about being a good person and how that reflects to the customer experience
the manager first ask me to introduce myself and then let me share my expirance about my previous job.Everything goes well,manager are very nice and I'm every happy to have this chance