Who wouldn’t want to work for Apple? Have you ever thought about applying for an Apple job in the UK? Let’s learn more about it together!
Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) was founded in California in 1976 by Steve Jobs and has grown to a level where it now employs just under 70,000 staff in over 360 locations worldwide. In 2022 it declared an impressive profit of $387bn on a turnover of $97bn (21.4%).
How many Apple stores are in the UK?
Apple has 38 stores in the UK.
How many employees does Apple have in the UK?
Apple employs 6,459 people in the UK.
Apple’s main products are:
- MAC computer
- iPod
- iPhone 13, Pro, Pro Max (future releases: 14, 14 Pro, 14 Pro Max)
- iPad Pro 12.9 5th Generation, iPad Air 5th Generation, iPad 9th Gen.
- iTunes
- iBooks
- MobileMe
Apple is made up of the following divisions:
- Finance
- Human Resources
- Information Systems & Technology
- Legal
- Marketing
- Operations
- Retail Corporate
- Sales
- Software Engineering
The UK Apple site can be found here. There is a link to ‘careers’ on the footer menu. This leads to the main jobs page.
A large part of the screen is given over to a rather pointless FLASH presentation and, rather annoyingly, the site still carries the main customer-directed links across the top.
Apple’s slogan is ‘Be part of something big.‘
At the bottom of the screen is “Already know what you’re looking for? Great. Start your search now” and, clicking this, leads you to a job search screen.
You can choose to:
Look for a job in corporate or sales. The latter offers the following options:
- Apple Retail
- Software and Services
- Hardware
- Machine Learning and AI
- Support and Service
How to apply
As you can imagine, the tech giant does not accept any kind of printed CVs, job application forms or verbal applications. It couldn’t be any easier, just visit jobs.apple.com and start searching for the latest Apple jobs.
Job application process
Once you found your dream job and submitted your application then you will just wait a while for Apple to process it. You will be notified if you were successful and shortlisted for the position. You will be notified earlier if you weren’t passed the first stage, unfortunately.
You will be invited to an interview via a call. Your interview will take longer than any other interview so be prepared for a good half day. You may be interviewed by a couple of different people.
Each job has different processes. Some will require an initial phone interview and some others won’t. The company will decide how to do it.
How about the questions?
Contrary to the common belief that Apple would ask very different questions, it’s not, they are still asking typical interview questions that are relevant to the job you have applied for.
- Tell me about a time when you had to learn something new very quickly.
- Tell me about a time when you had to deal with a difficult customer.
- Why are you interested in Apple Retail?
- Tell me about a time you succeeded when someone else failed.
- Tell me about a time when you had to deal with a difficult customer.
- Why do you want to work at Apple?
Keep your CV updated all the time. Remember that each job application is a different story so you will need to make your CV unique each time.
Just be yourself, don’t be someone else, everyone else has already taken! Yes, Apple is a giant, good pay, great benefits plus discounts on your new iPhone 🙂 you still need to be calm and do your best and leave the rest to time.
Apple Company Overview
Apple are keen to offer some tips on the right-hand side of most of its pages:
Use your Apple ID
This allows for signing in with the same ID you have if you already use Apple products.
An accurate CV
I’m not sure what an inaccurate CV is (short of it being fraudulent). Perhaps what they mean is that you should honestly represent what you have done and can do.
What to expect
If you actually manage to submit a CV (not terribly likely) for an open position (if you can find one), you will be sent an automated receipt and a manager will then decide to get in touch if he or she is interested. What happened to the courteous, “Thank you for your interest but no,” letter?
You don’t necessarily have to be an Apple expert
They then go on to say that the best way to understand Apple is to buy its products (that’s a nice ploy to boost sales). It would certainly make for an interesting interview tie-breaker question – “Can you show me your iPod, iPhone and IPad, please?”
I couldn’t find anywhere on the site that listed the benefits of working for Apple nor any mention of the application process beyond the ‘send in your CV and we’ll call you if we’re interested’ message.
Every time I opened a new page I copped an irritating requirement to run ‘QuickTime’ so that I could view the even more irritating presentation.
All in all, for a market leader like Apple, this was a truly disappointing experience. The website was highly impersonal, unfriendly and didn’t even work properly. I would not be without my iPod (just in case you’re thinking that I’m one of the many full-time Apple haters).
When it comes down to it, the site was clearly aimed at ‘Uncle Sam’ and then cobbled together for UK staff.
With all the programmers and experts at Apple, a few hours spent grooming the site and tailoring it for British employees and their expectations of corporate courtesy would make a world of difference.
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