I applied through other source. I interviewed at Apple (Cupertino, CA) in Jan 2022
Interview
It was a contract to hire situation so it was fairly seamless. I had been doing the job for a few years at that point, so I already knew the hiring manager and all of the people on the team. The hiring manager approached me and assessed interest and I had a few phone calls with a recruiter negotiating pay. They were pretty stringent and didn't fully meet my pay expectations, which was a little frustrating but overall the process was fairly easy and I didn't go through a formal interview channel.
Behavioral interviews and case question at the end testing storytelling, the final presentation can be on any topic it’s very Apple. People are very kind and it’s culture driven not typical case questions.
Single interview then group interview first one was over the phone with the manager and the second one was with 5 different people on their current team that all asked different questions about my interest in the role experience and reason for wanting to join