I had the worst interview experience at Apple. Here's what happened I was interviewed for a position of entry level EMC engineer and I got dumped at the very last stage of the interview process. I am PhD student with years of research experience in EMC but after considering me for senior EMC design engineering position, they decided to interview me for the entry-level position as I had no industry experience. Understandable! In fact I clearly told them myself that I have none. Moreover my resume was complete and I had listed all my experience in a clear manner. This entry level position's requirements were BS/MS and the position was for someone who is willing to start a career in EMC. The description was very sketchy. I cleared two phone interviews, one of them a technical interview that lasted for more than 2 hours. Then they called me to Cupertino,CA to interview with the team for the first day and if selected, with the senior management on the second day. I felt that the first day was good. Except the director that I met in end looked completely disinterested from the moment he entered the room and asked some technical questions. The questions sounded simple but the way he asked was hard to understand. When finishing I asked him if I gave the correct answers, he told me he doesn't know.....Why did he ask the question if he did not know the answers himself? This is electronics, not philosophy that has no right answers! Regardless I was told by the recruiter while leaving that the hiring manager really likes my profile so she thinks that I am going to get a call for the second day. And as expected, it came late in the night. I received and email congratulating me for my selection for the 2nd day. However the next morning I got an email saying that after careful consideration the team has decided not go any further with me. I then received a third email inviting me to come and meet the iPhone team in the afternoon!!???? I asked them what's going on. Then I got a call from the recruiter saying that I am rejected and reason for rejection is, "I do not have industry experience" and "technological back ground does not match with the requirement". Bottom line, there was a lack of co-ordination between different people in the group. Clearly someone had interfered with the decision of the hiring manager in the morning and they did not hesitate even once to disturb and annoy the candidate. They actually did not seem to know who they were looking for and with what back ground.... that's why probably they came-up with such a sketchy job description. They kept me hanging-on for two months and then flew me eight hours across the country to reject me on things that were so obvious from my resume from day-one. No industry experience is lamest excuse as they interviewed me for an entry-level position and they tested my technological background for 2 freaking hours before flying me to Cupertino. Didn't they realize then that it did not match their requirements?? I really think that the reason was something else and they were trying to hide it. Of course there was no use of talking to them about it anymore . They never gave me the contact info of the hiring manager or any senior in the group. And the recruiters are typical HR people who are trained to give crap after goofing-up.