I myself have gone through two selection processes at Apple in recent years and I recognize that their job interviews are not typical. Even if Nowadays, many companies do this and avoiding typical questions and tests, Steve Jobs was also a pioneer in taking this into account when hiring a person.
Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple confirms he took candidates for interviews to a bar to avoid having a formal and more technical interview. Something that, of course, not everyone has managed to overcome.
This is what job interviews with Steve Jobs were like
This isn’t the first time we’ve metHow did the interviews with Steve Jobs go?
The worst thing anyone can do in a job interview is agree with me.
This type of practice andIt was mainly aimed at senior executives to see how they handled different issues that might arise and detect how they would then pass them on to the team. At the end, his approach was to question, to question and find those who would not only follow their vision, but also challenge and improve it.
Even though we know that Steve Jobs wasn’t always the best at treating people at work, he took a lot of time in selection processes. Forks understandable that in positions of such responsibility Where hundreds of unforeseen events occur, you know how to stay calm and react in time.
Thanks for subm itting your resume to Apple, shall we meet at a bar?
A Steve Jobs He loved meeting candidates for a new job at Apple at a bar. The reasons were numerous and in fact, I also had job interviews in bars and cafes. In a more relaxed atmosphere It’s easier to know what the person looks like.
Gestures, how you treat your staff, your posture and ultimately how you socialize with the interviewer in this case, who was Steve Jobs. And that’s what he wanted to know, if it was possible to have a beer comfortably with this person. Having social and team skills is just as important as having good training or practice. Work in this type of company is always done in groups and is essential have good communication and emotional intelligence.
That’s why sitting in a bar, where you can’t even prepare for an interview, and where they spend several hours, we really see what a person looks like. Talk about everyday topics. Have you had any type of interview like this? Although in the two I did at Apple they didn’t take me to a bar, they did. They continue these informal discussions for a good hourbut even more, talking about all kinds of subjects.
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