Apple Asks This Jarring Interview Question as a Secret Way to Evaluate a Candidate
The tech company has unique strategies they employ when evaluating potential candidates. Here's a look at three
By | Emily Rella | www.entrepreneur.com
For such a highly desirable company to work for, Apple has a rather unorthodox way of conducting interviews with potential employees, according to Inc.
If you’ve ever interviewed at Apple, then you’d know that many of the company’s interviews are done in a group format, where one employee will interview multiple candidates at the same time.
During these interviews, Apple uses three strategies to gauge all they can about a candidate before moving forward to the next round — and none of these strategies have anything to do with how well a candidate answers questions about the job.
Candidates are asked to participate in an icebreaker
Though it might seem silly asking job candidates (nonetheless ones that are competing for the same position) to participate in getting-to-know-you games, but according to Inc., it shows how candidates will act in a typical office dynamic and interact with people in other departments to collaborate on projects.
