I have taken the Apple interview twice, once for an internship (and I got the offer), and once for full-time (I got ghosted after the first round, oops). Having experienced the different internship rounds, I have tried to sum up Apple’s internship interview process and tips to crack it.
The Apple experience was quite different compared to the rest of the Big N. A huge advantage of getting an internship at Apple is, they have the highest intern retention rate as far as I know compared to the rest. There is always a possibility that you’ll not convert to full-time if you intern at Amazon, Google, etc. but with Apple, an internship offer pretty much guarantees a full-time offer unless you really mess up. The reason being: Apple is very secretive about their work culture, they take their privacy very seriously. They want to retain their employees, including interns. Hence the bar for hiring interns is very high, almost as high as hiring full-timers directly.
Another difference was how fast the entire process was. I had 4 rounds in 2 days, and by the evening of the second day, I had the offer letter in my hand. It was my first offer from a tech giant and I was shaking with excitement and disbelief if I’m very honest.