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So I don't know if you guys remember, but I had my final interview on Tuesday 4/2, and I hadn't even gotten my official app! Well I just got it, lol! It just goes to show you how different timelines can be! Now I am just sweating over the bcg! I should get it in the next few days or I'll get the haunting rejection email.
Send good luck my way!
Send good luck my way!
Good luck! What class are you set for? You've made it this far so I'm sure you'll get the job
I mean, as long as you don't have a bad record that is. (Murder, robbing a bank, etc charges) lolSo I filed out my I-9 this afternoon, forgot to do my direct deposit stuff, so they are sending me the paperwork for that. Which is great because I don't have another $8.00 to drive 20 miles to the nearest Kelly office. I'm hoping to hear from the recruiter tomorrow, because their systems are 24 hours behind. So once I find out any more information I will let you all know! Good luck to all who are applying!
Just to let anyone know your last interview can vary in questions I was only asked about 4 questions by the interviewer, the interview lasted about 43 min. but about 33 min. of that was chit chat like talking about the company, how much they like working for apple, and making the interviewer laugh and smile. If you can get an actual conversation going and being able to get the interviewer talking about themselves your good. I read the page 40 questions but only needed
-What is ram.
-How would you help your relative troubleshoot a wireless printer.
-Achieving a goal and how I overcame any obstacles while achieving it.
-How I exceeded the expectations of a customer.
So again remember Empathy (the ability to understand how someone else is feeling) and an actual conversation is key and will most likely guarantee you a position.
Hopefully I get the offer call tomorrow along with everyone else. For the 5/6 class
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I wouldn't because if another call is trying to go through while your talking and your working you can mess things up. I would just use your cell phone for personal calls or just set up 2 lines in your house. Or set-up a Google voice number to forward your cell phone calls to if you don't want to use up your minutes.
Hope that helps
-What is ram.
-How would you help your relative troubleshoot a wireless printer.
-Achieving a goal and how I overcame any obstacles while achieving it.
-How I exceeded the expectations of a customer.
So again remember Empathy (the ability to understand how someone else is feeling) and an actual conversation is key and will most likely guarantee you a position.
Hopefully I get the offer call tomorrow along with everyone else. For the 5/6 class
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I wouldn't because if another call is trying to go through while your talking and your working you can mess things up. I would just use your cell phone for personal calls or just set up 2 lines in your house. Or set-up a Google voice number to forward your cell phone calls to if you don't want to use up your minutes.
Hope that helps
Good luck! What class are you set for? You've made it this far so I'm sure you'll get the job
I was class of 5/6, but at the third interview she informed me I would be 5/20 instead. I think my timeline has gone really slow.
Got my offer call
Wow Apple called you really late. God i cant wait until they call.
Congrats!!
I only had a phone interview, I was also told that if hired it was the only interview I would have for the position.
Thanks. I was just curious. So far, you are on the just finished the I9 part?
Yea, hoping this all works out and fast. I've been looking for a job since 2011!
Oh man! Well extra good luck then. I did my I9 stuff on Tuesday morning and still waiting to hear back... *sigh* Hope it's before the weekend.
Thanks, so you are going to Kelly right? If so who was the recruiter that called you? Have you gotten your background check done yet?
Thanks for your input but I'm looking for a response from someone that has already done the job and isn't just making assumptions. I imagine when you're working your phone is constantly on the line with Apple the whole time regardless if you're on a support call or not. My question is if you are permitted to use the phone line when you're not working.
I am going through Kelly, for now.... anyway, got my interview done, completed my I9 on Tuesday, just got an email back today to complete an assessment, which was mainly a personality inventory, a typing test and an assessment acknowledging that I know what I am getting myself into working from home. right after the computer assessment, I did a 3 question automated phone assessment. I am set to start training May 13th.
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I have not done apple yet, but I have been working from home at a virtual call center for 2 years now. I have 2 landlines, but both of them are for servicing. I could not even tell you what the numbers for either of them are, because I do not give them out, ever! I will use them to call out, but I give out either my cell # or for professional purposes, I give out my google # which rings to both my work # and my cell #. I have stripped the phones down to basic, no call waiting, that is very bad while you are servicing. Google voice goes to internet vm and tries to transcribe the message, which helps if it is an important call. Keep your work number as separate from the rest of your world as possible, otherwise ppl will get busy signals a lot, or it will interrupt things (both of which are bad)
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I have not done apple yet, but I have been working from home at a virtual call center for 2 years now. I have 2 landlines, but both of them are for servicing. I could not even tell you what the numbers for either of them are, because I do not give them out, ever! I will use them to call out, but I give out either my cell # or for professional purposes, I give out my google # which rings to both my work # and my cell #. I have stripped the phones down to basic, no call waiting, that is very bad while you are servicing. Google voice goes to internet vm and tries to transcribe the message, which helps if it is an important call. Keep your work number as separate from the rest of your world as possible, otherwise ppl will get busy signals a lot, or it will interrupt things (both of which are bad)
here is one of the postings:
https://kelly.secure.force.com/CandidateExperience/CandExpJobDetails?id=a7V80000000H1v6EAC
I use it once in a while when I'm calling someplace where I might be put on hold or a call when the headset might come in handy. It's a standard land line, use it whenever you're not on the clock but don't ever give the number out and be aware that whoever you call will then know your number from caller id.
No matter what you do you're going to get an occasional robo-call or telemarketer ringing your number but you want to keep inbound calls to a minimum.
Use your own discretion. Also, you don't want to pay much attention to what I say since I've always been somewhat of a rule bender. BTW, I do frequently use the iMac and VPN during off time and no I don't use it to download torrents.
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Thanks for the info! I also meant to thank obiwanjakobi previously. I assume you also don't use the company iMac for porn, ha! What do you use the VPN for during off time? Do you get full Admin privileges? (Not that it would be hard to reset an Admin password but not sure if they monitor your activity) Many helpful kind people have contributed to this thread and I am grateful. If anyone could comment on any of my questions in post #6284 it would also be awesome! Thanks!
I don't use the VPN for much off time other than accessing all the AHA stats as well as the employee store and a few other things. The only reason I started using the Mac during free time was to brush up on OSX just in case I'd be in AHA long enough to switch to the CPU queue. That's no longer the case so I don't use it much for anything other than work since it will be going back to Apple pretty soon.
Well today is the day. Please phone call come early. I want to be able to relax today and i cant do that waiting for a phone call. Last night was one of the worst nights. Such a hard time falling alseep. Too much thinking. Call come now!!
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