I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Apple (Cupertino, CA) in Oct 2017
Interview
Applied online.
Phone interview with recruiter.
Conference phone interview with hiring manager (Sr Mgr) + team member (Mgr)
Phone interview with a different team member (Mgr)
On-site with department head (Dir) + final team member (Mgr)
Only negative remark was that the recruiter did not respond to emails/ calls and 1 month later sent the no offer email.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Apple (San Francisco, CA) in Nov 2017
Interview
I only had a discussion with one of their recruiters, who contacted me through LinkedIn. I am one of a handful of people in the area with extensive knowledge in my area of specialization. I had one past position on my LinkedIn that was less than a year in length. The recruiter asked about it in a pretty rude way. I answered truthfully but he acted as if I were lying to him and had a dismissive response. I then mentioned some things I thought were interesting about the role at Apple related to my work and he made some comments he does not have the qualifications to make or understand, and acted like I did not know what I was talking about. I've never had such a negative experience with a recruiter. This was a very unprofessional person. He then asked me to send a resume which was exactly the same as the information he had just asked me about. What kind of tech company needs someone to send a duplicate of information they have? I'm positive they know how to copy and paste.
Long . From initial contact from HR lined in person to scheduling second round interview is over 1 month; and this is not the end of it. It seems like their internal process is very cumbersome