Toughest Interview Questions at Apple: Are You Ready?

1. "If we hire you, what would you like to work on?"

2. "There are three boxes: one contains apples, another oranges, and the third both apples and oranges. All the boxes are labeled incorrectly. You may open one box and, without looking inside, take out one fruit. How will you correctly label all the boxes based on the fruit you remove?"

3. "Scenario: A customer has been waiting for assistance for 20 minutes and is causing a scene. She claims she will buy another computer at Best Buy or the Microsoft store. Resolve her issue."

4. "How would you estimate the price of this pen?"

5. "A person calls with an old computer that is essentially a brick. What would you do?"

6. "Are you smart?"

7. "What are your failures, and what did you learn from them?"

8. "Have you ever disagreed with your boss's decision? How did you handle it? Provide a specific example and explain how you resolved the situation, what the outcome was, and how the manager would describe you today."

9. "You place a glass of water on a rotating tray that gradually increases in speed. Which will happen first - the glass slipping or the water spilling out?"

10. "Tell me about something specific you've done in your life that you are proud of."

11. "Are you creative? Tell me about something creative that you may come up with."

12. "Describe an embarrassing experience."

13. "If you have two eggs and want to determine the height from which you can drop them without breaking, what would be the optimal solution?"

14. "Why should I hire you?"

15. "What is more important, solving the customer's issue or creating a good service experience?"

16. "Why did Apple change its name from 'Apple Computers Incorporated' to 'Apple Inc.'?"

17. "You seem like a pretty positive person, what might upset you?"

18. "Show me (role-play) how you would demonstrate to a customer that you are ready to assist them, using only your voice."

19. "What brings you here today?"

20. "The iTunes app draws images that lose quality over time. What strategy would you use to address this issue?"

21. "You are given a jar with fair and unfair coins. You pull one out and flip it three times, resulting in heads, heads, tails. What is the probability that you pulled out an unfair coin?"

22. "What's been the best day and the worst day in your life over the past four years?"

23. "When you walk into an Apple store as a customer, what do you notice or feel right away?"

24. "Why do you want to join Apple, and what will you miss about your current job?"

25. "How would you test your favorite app?"

26. "Where do you see yourself five years from now?"

27. "How would you test a toaster?"

28. "How many babies are born every day?"

29. "How would you explain what a router is and how to use it to an eight-year-old?" 

30. "Describe an interesting problem and how you solved it."