Apple Company Analysis

Overview of Apple Apple is one of the top companies in the United States of America and in the world. Apple is a company that makes and sells a combination of consumer electronics. They sell computer, laptops, software, cell phones, etc and they are great at selling these products. Apple is the ninth-largest company in the world based solely on revenue. In April of 1976 Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne founded Apple (originally called Apple Computer Company). The first product the company had was the Apple I, which went on sale in July of 1976. A year later in January 1977, Apple was incorporated was beginning to grow at a rapid pace. It would later release the iPod and introduce the iTunes Store and quickly became the leader in

I wrote down the tasks, knowledge, skills, and abilities listed for the job. I then evaluated the lists of the different attributes I had copied down to make sure the website did not have any repetitive bullet points. After I had evaluated the lists, I wanted to make my job more specific for the paper, so I then looked up a sales manager on Apples website. I then compared the tasks, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the sales manager information on Apples website to the information I had written down from the O-Net website. After I compared the lists, I began to think about the selection process. I based the selection process on Apple’s selection process, but I also changed the process up slightly to meet my personal job

1987, pg. 356). The first interview would be a phone interview. The phone interview will be important, because I will be able to ask the applicant questions I have need based on the applicants resume. I may have a question about a skill I see on the resume or some basic questions about past jobs. This is mainly to make sure the applicants resume checks out and I am comfortable with moving forward to a face-to-face interview. The face-to-face interview would take place in Apple’s headquarters in Cupertino or, depending on certain factors such as location and proximity to other major Apple locations, the interview could be a closer location to the applicant’s location. According Schippman et al., (1987) a great interviewer will need to find a way to identify certain skills needed for the job that is difficult to have and apply those to the questions. One of the skills needed to survive for a company like Apple is passion. The face-to-face interviews are a great tool to gauge the applicant’s knowledge of the sales area and to see if the applicant talks patiently about his work or past work. While I am asking questions, I would be making notes to evaluate later. If I am satisfied with the applicant’s responses to the specific set of