I applied through college or university. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Apple in Feb 2013
Interview
Submitted my resume at a college career fair. They asked some interesting questions at the fair, sort of like puzzles. A few days later I got an email asking to set up a phone interview. This was about half an hour long. He started out by asking a bunch of questions about my background and details about projects I have done, and what fields (within EE) I was interested in. He then, at the end, told me what the group did. My focus was more IC design, but at the end he told me it was a board design position, which did not make me seem like the best fit.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Asked many detailed questions about board layout on one of my previous projects, including some transmission line and impedance matching concepts that I did not know about.
I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Apple (Cupertino, CA) in Feb 2013
Interview
Received an email from HR (University Relations) a few days after applying. They stated that the Interactive Media Group wanted to interview me. After a few emails back and forth between two different people, we settled on an interview date. Both of these employees seemed extremely helpful and friendly. I interviewed over the phone with an employee who had extensive experience, publications, and presentations. Over the phone, he was rude at times, and was mostly interested in if I previously had experience with image processing (this wasn't listed as a requirement on the job description). The interviewer frequently cut me off after fifteen or thirty seconds of talking, and the interview ended after roughly fifteen minutes. Two days later, I got an email saying I didn't get the internship.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Apple (Cupertino, CA) in Feb 2013
Interview
The whole process was very comfortable, and surprisingly fast. After my résumé was received, I was contacted a few days later for a video interview with the recruiter. Another week later, I had another interview with the manager I would be working with. The next day I was called with an offer.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
For the technical interview I was asked about how to tell if someone is up to some tomfoolery by looking at system logs.