Apple Inc. meeting tomorrow.

[reddrag0n]

Well, i have the RSVP meeting tomorrow with Apple Inc for one of their Mac Genius positions. I hope i get the job here with the new Apple store opening up in West Edmonton Mall.
Wish me luck. ;D

[nikonnut]

Redd,
Sounds like an awesome job! Hope you get it.

Good Luck!

[sirton]

Good Luck!!

[nano2nd]

Good luck dude!

[reddrag0n]

Thanks guys/gals. I hope it goes really well tomorrow.
Thank you for the kind words.

[aquamac]

All the best, hope you get it! You will be better than any of them.

[reddrag0n]

We were supposed to be there for an hour and a half. Apparently we were there for 3 hours. 9 to 12 pm

Some people were over dressed and some were under dressed.
This is how everything progressed.

-Intro video of the Fifth Avenue Apple store (funny outtakes at the end)
-Staff introductions
-People introductions (did this in groups of two)
-Another video
-Market share info
-"Imagine" info
-Store locations and info
-Info on Credo and Culture
-Mac Specialists (otherwise known as Specialists)
-Video of Specialists
-Q&A (this was very long)
-Group activity (show off something from Apple)
-Fill out a survey form

[reddrag0n]

Well, i just got an email back from a rep in Toronto. I go back this Wednesday for another meeting or interview. Yay, i'm so happy.

[ritalin]

That is excellent news, I hope it goes well for you.

[reddrag0n]

Well from what i have heard from others that have tried to apply at Apple, this might be a 3 stage interview. I'm into the second round so yeah, i hope this goes really well. If i go onto the third round, then i can do a jig and swear at Dell for them not wanting me and firing all the people that were working there.

[B B]

Well done reddrag0n, still one round to go . I cross the fingers for you.

[reddrag0n]

Ok, that did not go the way i thought it would. I got there with 5 minutes to spare. Had an interview with Troy Dunn from the Toronto store and he asked for my resume. I gave it to him. Then from there he asked about my current work situation. I told him i was freelance computer technician and that on my spare time i help care for my friends 80 year old mother. He liked that. Then from there he asked a few questions about the position i was hiring for. I told him i was applying for Mac Genius, but they were looking for the Specialist positions and i told him i could do it. Then he asked if i could do part time instead of full time, i said sure, i am flexible. Then from there he asked me to ask him some questions!! I was shocked!! Ok, the first question out of my mouth was what he thought of Psystar. He had no clue what it was. I told him what the company was and what they were doing. He seemed to not notice what this company was doing with the Apple software on generic PC hardware. He said that if it was that much of a problem, the big man himself *Jobs* would look into it. Ok, i was fine with that. Then from there i complained about the lack of an iSight for the Mac Pro towers since there is one on the laptops and iMacs. He agreed. After that, i asked what he expected from the employees that were to work in the store. He told me that it's not much what they look for, but how the customer would interact with the client. After that, he asked me what the starting wage was that i was expecting. I told him with my line of work right now, anything over $700 a month is fine. He laughed. Then he told me that they would contact me in the beginning of next week. I shook his hand, said thank you and walked out of the meeting with a smile. I hope i go onto round 3.

[B B]

I like the : "Then from there he asked me to ask him some questions!!" !!!! Never heard that before in an interview. ???Thanks to share your experience. Wait and see.

[reddrag0n]

Here are some pics first hand at the West Edmonton Mall store. Located on Phase 2 on the upper level between Geox and the Disney store.
Pic 1
Pic 2
Pic 3
Pic 4
Pic 5

And here are a couple of shots through the doors looking inside.
Inside pic 1
Inside pic 2

EDIT
sorry, apparently this board didn't like the form ehmac uses so i had to edit this so it would show the pics properly.