Average Interview – Overall Negative Experience – No – Wed, 24 Jan 2018
Interviewed Dec 2,017 in Singapore (took 14 days)
I went for 2 rounds of interview. The first round as some have already described previously in similar reviews consist of around 25 to 30 people.
At the start of the interview, each of us were given approximately 30 seconds to self introduce ourselves. I felt uncomfortable out of comfort zone being an introvert but still did it as the hiring team mentioned this is part of the process where job requires you to talk to strangers, therefore could be considered as prerequisite. I am not sure how many brownie points you will score if you did a fantastic self introduction.
My advice to be high on energy so you get noticed right from the start and increase your chances for getting through next round of the interview, or so i thought.
After everyone has done their self introduction, we were shown 2 short videos from Apple about the culture and lifestyle of employees, and were asked for our opinions.
Then we proceeded with role playing, some played the part of being customer and some played the role of Apple Staff serving customer. I would only tell you to play the part where you serve the customer instead of being serve. Why? Because i played the part of being service staff and they actually only grade and consider those who play the role of staff servicing people.
I did not believe til I went down for second round of interview where the rest of the guys all played the role of serving people. This is important. Only play the role of serving people and nothing else. You will not regret.
Second round of interview was on a smaller scale basis with 3 candidate to 1 interviewer,
Same process, the only difference was we have to choose a few products from Apple store and explained to interviewer why we chose the product. I believe we are being graded for our presentation, so choose your product wisely.
I was emailed by HR telling me that they decide to proceed with other candidate a few days later. Naturally I was disappointed and replied in return to ask for feedback on why they did not choose me even though i thought i did quite well in second round. But HR told me that the reason was confidential and they couldn't review anything to me.
But the thing that got me fired up was asking to try applying again in 9 to 12 months time and if i am good i might be able to qualify for future rounds of interview. BS.
I actually saw the working staffs and I bet diamonds I could easily outdo any one of them serving people. Given the poor ratings on Facebook. It's no wonder if everything was just a facade.
Hope this review helps anyone who might be going for interview in the future.
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