My interview questions

I interviewed over 200 people at Apple. I pretty much had a stock set of interview questions that I rotated around. Since I’m gone now, I can tell you what they were. Most commonly, people gave very technical interviews, so I tried to focus more on who the person was and whether they would be a good fit for the team and for Apple.

• I’d ask them first if they had any questions. They always expect that at the end.

• I’d pick something on their resume I didn’t understand and had them explain it to me

• I’d belittle something on their resume to see if they were arrogant or had easily hurt feelings

• If they used the word “expert” on their resume, I would study up on the subject ahead of time and see how much of an expert they really were

• I’d ask them how they would either implement or test a project that synced bits of data with a server and multiple clients

• I’d ask them to name their favorite and least favorite Apple product and why

• I’d ask them why they wanted to work at Apple and press the hell out …