Working at apple

[uaecasher]

Hello

I was wondering if anyone know how hard is it to get job at apple as software engineer?

[nobunaga209]

You can prolly search around on Monster or Career builder...all else fail's why not ask around on boards. Usually some of the Apple Inc. employees post too...:D

[britboyj]

You can prolly search around on Monster or Career builder...all else fail's why not ask around on boards. Usually some of the Apple Inc. employees post too...:D

They're not supposed to though. ;) At all.

[fishkorp]

From what I've seen/heard, it's harder to get a job at Apple then at Google as a developer (and Google is pretty damn tough). What you need to understand is companies like these attract everyone. So they'll get literally hundreds of thousands of resumes for a small handful of jobs. Someone I know that went through the process with both Google and Microsoft compared it to trying to get into MIT. Of course if they have a specialized position open that you fit, it might be easier to get in since not everyone will have that specialization, whereas everyone that's applying is a general developer. It also helps A LOT if you have a masters or doctorate. Just a bachelors degree typically isn't good enough for some of these companies these days, unless you've got 10+ years experience. Even though a listing will say a B.S. + x years, if you apply and someone with an M.S. also applies, you'll get overlooked in a second.

However, Apple's average salary is less than that of Google or Microsoft employees. There was a study about that a few months back. Job satisfaction rate was higher though, even though Google is consistently ranked among the best places to work.