Apple culture is famous for its over-emphasis on confidentiality and unusual employee loyalty, which is different from most other companies in Silicon Valley. In order to get more information, we interviewed Brad, and here's what we learned:
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Brad said that Apple's interview is very different from that of Google (Weibo) and Facebook. Apple will interview intern candidates for specific positions, and the interview will be hosted by the manager of the team to which the position belongs. Brad himself participated in the interview with Facebook interns and collected some information from friends who participated in the interview with Google interns. According to Brad, these companies have different practices. Before assigning interns to specific teams and positions, Google and Facebook will conduct a comprehensive interview with interns.
Brad did not disclose the specific problems he encountered in the internship interview at Apple, but he said that he spent an hour or two introducing his previous work to the interviewer.
He said, "That interview was very simple."
When he heard that he was hired by Apple, he immediately accepted the job.
He said: "I was so happy that I told them at that time that no matter how much salary Apple offered me, I would accept the job."
A generous reward
Apple really treats interns well. According to Brad, the hourly salary of Apple interns is $38, which is consistent with the salary data published by professional website Glassdoor. Brad said that according to this calculation, Apple interns can get $6,700 a month.
Brad also said that interns can get overtime pay if they work more than 40 hours a week. The standard of overtime pay is 65438+ 0.5 times of ordinary salary; If the working hours exceed 60 hours per week, interns can get overtime pay twice the normal hourly wage.
This provides interns with an opportunity to save money because they don't have to spend money on accommodation. According to Brad, as long as you don't mind sharing with other interns, you can live in Apple's free apartment for interns in the Bay Area.
In fact, this is one of the best memories of Apple intern Maxime Britto's internship career. In 2008, I worked as an intern in the safari team.
Brito said, "The best thing about staying is that you won't be lonely. You will share an apartment with three other interns from all over the world, so this is a good opportunity to learn and accept foreign culture. "
If you don't want to share a room with other interns, Apple will provide you with a monthly accommodation allowance of $65,438+0,000. If you move to the Bay Area because you want to work for Apple, the company will provide you with a resettlement fee of about $3,300.
Brad said: "They recruit interns from all over the world, and they want to solve their worries."
Apple has been trying to make it convenient for people from all over the world to come to work at Apple. Brito said that when he moved from France to the United States, Apple helped him a lot with the relevant documents.
He also pointed out that Apple employees are very considerate, and they know that English is not his mother tongue. He said: "No matter at work or at rest, others are very enthusiastic to help me."
Confidentiality culture
Brad said that Apple's goal is "unexpected and interesting", so it is very important to protect the confidentiality of the project as much as possible. Apple also guarantees that employees in different departments will not find out what others are doing. Brad said, "Everything is locked, and it's not even allowed to take pictures in the park. It's crazy."
This is the idea that Apple instilled in those interns on their first day in the company. Brad said that this is "confidential training." Facts have proved that this is not only to avoid leaks, but also a management art.
Sometimes, Apple employees even participate in developing a product, but they don't know what it is. Brad said that he once talked to an employee who developed the first iPad in 20 10. The employee said that he had been developing a 9.7-inch monitor for a year or two, and he didn't know what the product was for.
Brad said: "They don't know whether this monitor is a big screen mobile phone or a small laptop. It was not until Jobs stood in front of the public and released a new product that they figured out what the product was for. When Jobs showed the iPad to the world, they realized that this was what they had been developing for the past year or two.
Nate Sharpe, an engineer who worked as an intern in Apple's iPod product design department in 2008, said that confidentiality is one of the biggest characteristics of this job. He wrote in a post on Quora: "It's really cool to participate in the product development process before the product is released. You can see the details of previous products, even some products that have never been released in the market. "
Meet with executives
Apple provides interns with opportunities to meet with company executives. Every few weeks, an executive gives a speech to interns, including CEO Tim Cook and chief designer Jony Ivy.
When Brad was an intern at Apple, he attended a symposium. The speaker was the vice president in charge of camera technology at that time. Brad didn't name the executive, but according to the information John Cole wrote on his LinkedIn file, he is the vice president in charge of camera technology projects for many products such as iPhone, iPad and Mac.
These lectures usually have clear themes, such as introducing the speaker's business department, how the speaker was promoted to vice president step by step, and so on. Then the speaker will answer the interns' questions.
They also revealed some interesting things about Apple products and their production materials. For example, Brad learned about some problems encountered in the production of iPhone 6 cameras while listening to the lectures of camera technology executives.
An intern asked at the time: What was the whole decision-making process of Apple to develop the iPhone 6 camera? Brad said that there were some minor conflicts between the camera team and the design team led by Ivy.
Brad said: "The situation at that time was like a tug of war. But they finally decided to make the camera stand out. "
Brad said that Ivy didn't want the camera to stand out because he thought it would ruin the overall beauty.
Brad said: "They only have two choices, either to make the phone thicker or to change to a camera with poor performance."
Brad said that he also heard from the vice president of operations what it was like to manage Apple's huge iPhone production process.
Brad said: "Some iPhone coming off the production line are not perfect and cannot be sold."
Many people don't want to find other jobs at all.
Brad said that in addition to the special emphasis on confidentiality, Apple is different from other technology companies in Silicon Valley in other aspects.
In other companies in Silicon Valley, such as Google and Facebook, employees may be poached by other companies after working for a few years, or voluntarily resign to start their own companies. But Apple employees are extremely loyal to the company, usually working at Apple for 25 to 35 years.
Sharp also pointed out that if the intern can achieve some great achievements during his study, he may become a formal employee of Apple after the internship expires.
He said, "This is crazy. I have never seen such a thing in other companies. They had face-to-face communication with Jobs. They are very loyal. Many people simply don't want to find another job, even to the point where they don't listen to things outside the window.
Brad said that this unusual loyalty is useful. This shows that Apple's subsidies are very good, and even employees with relatively low incomes have benefited a lot.
He said: "You will see employees coming to work in sports cars. They are just ordinary engineers. The manager is approachable and has no sense of superiority. Then you will understand why they don't want to go to other companies. "