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Q&A With Apple Employees
Apple employees answer questions about what life is like behind the scenes at their company, including queries about culture, leadership, professional development, and compensation.
How employees describe working at Apple
interview make me free at ease.
Review from Engineering Dept
Great company to work for
great opportunites from a great company!
fast and simple did not wait long at all
too much work to do , sometimes i feel my job is my life im moving as soon as possible
What it's like to work at Apple
- Apple employees generally work 9.3 hrs a day
- Employees at Apple report the work pace is extremely fast
- On a typical day, employees at Apple have 1 meeting
- 79% of Apple employees look forward to interacting with their team every day
- Apple employees most often take 20-30 paid vacation and sick days each year
- 56% of Apple employees report they are happy with their work life balance
- Apple employees typically get valuable feedback on how to improve at work Every Week
- 74% of Apple employees call their work environment positive
Q&A With Apple Employees
IDX: 25 TOT: 136
How flexible is your work schedule at Apple?
If you are part time, it’s very flexible. Full timers not so much!
Pretty flexible, I get good work / life integration and am able to deal with family and school events during the day in return for making up the time outside regular hours.
Not flexible at all
What unique perks and benefits does Apple provide?
Healthcare, 401K - better than most. Discounts on Apple products.
Good solid benefits. Nice discounts on hardware.
Very good. Great stock plan
How do you feel about going to work at Apple everyday?
Good. Nice folks, great products.
Awesome
Great
is the feedback process more formal or informal? Do you find it helpful?
Formal
Formal
Formal, but it would be nice to informally know how things stand. Some of the managers got to their positions from being good engineers, but did not end up as good managers. In such cases, necessary communication was not conveyed until formal feedback, which by then was too late.
What benefits does Apple provide?
401k match, payed sick leave, payed vacation, health, dentist and vision insurance, accidental life+dismemberment, life insurance, disability, parental leave, employee assistance program, concierge services, RSUs, employee rebates on products + up to 10% annually on shares, bonuses, ...
Less than Google. More than Costco.
Health care, 401k , Stocks
Who did you meet with during your interview? And how long did it take to hear back from Apple?
A manager. The next day
Mostly the members of the team that I would be working with. Apple turned around in a relatively short period of time, maybe a week or so.
Product marketing managers, engineering, design, Q/A. Process took five months. Seventeen interviews. Five weeks after last interview until offer.
How long do the interviews usually take at Apple?
27 minutes. You will end up with a chance to ask maybe one question of the interviewer if you are lucky.
30 minutes. As someone who has interviewed 100s of candidates, the short time slot is almost useless. I generally just want to know if the person is reasonably qualified, able to do the work, and most importantly, not a jerk. More worried about hiring self-centered glory hounds than someone who needs some help coming up to speed. The integrity of the team is more important than hiring a rockstar.
45 min
How do I do well in an interview at Apple?
Be at ease. Be honest. Answer questions clearly and succinctly.
Customer focus
Be honest
How would you describe your overall experience interviewing at Apple?
Tough, but fair. They are not looking for you to fail, and want you to one the best you can be. They are less interested in silly Microsoft/Google-type weird questions (like "Why are manhole covers round?"), but are interested in applicable knowledge.
Gotta be on top of your game.
Great
How difficult is it to maintain a social life while in your job at Apple?
What social life?
Shouldn't be too hard. You can work too much if you want to. During launches you won't see friends and families for a few weeks.
Difficult
How much diversity is there among employees at Apple?
Good and getting better all the time.
Good and getting better. Apple takes this very seriously and is working hard to make improvements. Ethnicity, Gender, Sexual orientation, Religion, Age - Apple is making real progress.
Getting better
How challenged are you at Apple?
Not terribly so. Except at the very top it is all about execution.
Intellectually - not remotely. Work volume - always a challenge.
Extremely
How much and how often do raises happen at Apple?
Once a year. Teams managed to a target percentage as a whole. Usually 2 to 5 percent.
Once a year. 2.5 to 4 percent. HR provides a target that each manger has to hit as a team.
Every year
What's the best part of your job at Apple?
going home at night
The PEOPLE
Great people
What interview questions does Apple ask?
Think about a time you had to give bad news to a customer. How did you handle it?
Behavioral interviews.
What type experience you have ?
How much of your day is spent in meetings? How valuable do you feel they are?
30%
None
50-90%. Of almost no value.
how difficult is it to maintain a social life while in this job?
Very
Highly depends on your group and personality of the manager. Some are very overworked, whilst others allow very reasonable social lives.
Apple is a Company that cares about you and your family. Apple makes sure your happy.
How would you compare interviewing at Apple to other places you've interviewed?
Much easier than Google, Adobe, Facebook or Amazon. Those companies have rigorous interview processes with an organized system that guarantees complete coverage. Apple Marketing does not.
Amazon and Google are far more rigorous and structured in their process. The Apple process is haphazard at best. People often arrive without having read your resume or knowing exactly why they are on the interview cycle. Interviews are usually 30 minutes. The interviewer will often talk for ten minutes, ask a few questions and rarely allow for time to ask your own questions.
Completely different.
How's the work pace at Apple?
Seasonal with launch cycles.
Brisk. The pace ebbs and flows with launches. 45-50 during slow times, 65-100 during big launches.
Fast
What's the Customer Support team like at Apple?
Awesome team members!
Great team members and support
Too much emphasis on certain meaningless metrics
How's the leadership on the Customer Support team at Apple?
On top of the game. Most that I’ve worked with were very helpful.
Leadership is good for a home based job
Varies with the manager. Some micromanage, most aren’t
What's the interview process like at Apple?
Long. Ineffective.
The interview process is good.
The interview process is intense. It can be several people over several in-person conversations. Retail tends to take a few months to get into, because there are so many interview levels. Valuable feedback, if you don't get a job, is hard to come by. Very little information given.
How many women are in your team? is it diverse enough?
Half of my team is women.
1 woman in a group of 16 engineers.
11 men 9 women
What's the work from home policy like at Apple?
different from team to team
No work from home
You don’t have an opportunity to do laundry or anything. You are there to work. I like that.
How's the feedback proccess at Apple?
Non-existent. You will receive a review once a year. 15-30 minutes of HR-guided box-ticking from your manager. Rated in three main areas. The raises and bonuses are a zero-sum process within each team. You win, someone on your team loses. The average for the team is mandated by HR. There are no teams of rockstars, as mandated by HR.
Great
Sparse. Once a year 30 minute review. Surprise!
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Should I work at Apple?
47% of Apple employees would encourage their friends to become coworkers, whereas 22% are neutral and 31% would not recommend working at Apple to their friends.
| 47% | Promoters |
|---|---|
| 22% | Passive |
| 31% | Detractors |
