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Hello!
I got contacted by Apple considering my application for a hardware internship, to be more precise it was an "Expression of Interests" for internships. I sent the application back in August and they replied to me a few days ago. Now I will be completely honest; This surpised me a lot. Where I live and where I completed my BSc in Electrical Engineering, Apple is known to hire only the best of the best; meaning all straight A students who have acquired a hefty amount of internships during their studies. I am not one of those students unfortunatly. My grades are average at best and I have had only 2 internships during my BSc studies.
Now why am I writing this? I have heard of nightmare application processes in order to get into Apple and I started to doubt myself if I am "Apple Employee Material" so to say. I have thought about this and decided to embrace the process, give it my best and if nothing try to learn and improve regardless if I get accepted or not. I want to go in this without the burden of "Am I going to fail or do miserably" but still try and do everything I can in order to show not only to them but to myself that I was not contaced out of pure luck. And for that I would like some insight of people more experienced then me. As of right now they wrote me when I am available for the "technical screening with the hiring manager". I said end of this month to which they replied that they would prefer it earlier so that if I am shortlised that we can do the "panel round" at the end of the month. I replied that we can do it next week and I am waiting for their answer.
Now in the meantime, I would like to know what is the "technical screening" actually? What should I expect and how should I prepare for that?
For more detail: I did an EE BSc with focus on RF and IC design, the roles for which the EOI was written out were :
RF Firmware Engineer Internship;
Cellular RF Systems Engineer Intern – Phase Locked Loop
Cellular RF Receiver Systems Engineering Intern DSP
And as of a few days ago (the day when I got the email) they have an Design Verification Internship which focuses on IC Design (to which I also applied)
My internships during my BSc studies have been in SPS (so Automation Control Internship) and Measurment Technology.
Based on this what kind of questions/approach can I expect in the screening interview? Or are there standard questions regardless of my CV? How important to them are the "soft skill" meaning communication determination etc...
Excuse the long post and thank you!
PS. I am currently persuing a Masters Degree in EE focus on RF and IC Design
I got contacted by Apple considering my application for a hardware internship, to be more precise it was an "Expression of Interests" for internships. I sent the application back in August and they replied to me a few days ago. Now I will be completely honest; This surpised me a lot. Where I live and where I completed my BSc in Electrical Engineering, Apple is known to hire only the best of the best; meaning all straight A students who have acquired a hefty amount of internships during their studies. I am not one of those students unfortunatly. My grades are average at best and I have had only 2 internships during my BSc studies.
Now why am I writing this? I have heard of nightmare application processes in order to get into Apple and I started to doubt myself if I am "Apple Employee Material" so to say. I have thought about this and decided to embrace the process, give it my best and if nothing try to learn and improve regardless if I get accepted or not. I want to go in this without the burden of "Am I going to fail or do miserably" but still try and do everything I can in order to show not only to them but to myself that I was not contaced out of pure luck. And for that I would like some insight of people more experienced then me. As of right now they wrote me when I am available for the "technical screening with the hiring manager". I said end of this month to which they replied that they would prefer it earlier so that if I am shortlised that we can do the "panel round" at the end of the month. I replied that we can do it next week and I am waiting for their answer.
Now in the meantime, I would like to know what is the "technical screening" actually? What should I expect and how should I prepare for that?
For more detail: I did an EE BSc with focus on RF and IC design, the roles for which the EOI was written out were :
RF Firmware Engineer Internship;
Cellular RF Systems Engineer Intern – Phase Locked Loop
Cellular RF Receiver Systems Engineering Intern DSP
And as of a few days ago (the day when I got the email) they have an Design Verification Internship which focuses on IC Design (to which I also applied)
My internships during my BSc studies have been in SPS (so Automation Control Internship) and Measurment Technology.
Based on this what kind of questions/approach can I expect in the screening interview? Or are there standard questions regardless of my CV? How important to them are the "soft skill" meaning communication determination etc...
Excuse the long post and thank you!
PS. I am currently persuing a Masters Degree in EE focus on RF and IC Design