Company details

Cupertino, CA

HEADCOUNT

10000+

ORG TYPE

Corporate

SECTOR

Technology & Digital

WEBSITE

https://www.apple.com/

About the company

Apple designs and sells consumer devices including iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and AirPods, and runs services such as the App Store, iCloud, Apple Music, and Apple TV+. Apple sells to consumers, businesses, schools, and developers, with a mix of hardware sales and recurring services revenue. Apple also runs a large global retail and customer support operation alongside engineering, operations, and corporate teams. Early-career hiring shows up most clearly through internships, student support programs, and entry routes in Apple Retail.

Locations and presence

Apple has a global footprint, anchored by corporate and engineering hubs such as Cupertino, plus offices and Apple Stores worldwide. Public reporting has described Apple asking corporate staff to work in the office at least three days a week, while other roles are explicitly remote, including Apple Support College Advisor roles that train and work from a home office using an iMac Apple provides.

Palpable Score

75.8

/ 100

Apple offers multiple real entry points for students and graduates, spanning internships, retail roles that accept applicants without prior tech experience, and the Apple Support College Program. The scores are held back by limited public outcomes reporting: Apple does not publish early-career conversion, promotion, or retention metrics, so long-term results are harder to verify.

Pillar 1: Early-career access

Score

17.8

/ 20

The company maintains a dedicated Students hub highlighting internships, part-time and full-time student roles, and Apple Store opportunities designed for people still studying.
Apple posts recurring student internship roles across functions, including Engineering Program Management internships and other listings grouped under the Students hiring category.
The company runs the Apple Support College Program as an additional student pathway that sits outside the standard internship model and targets current students.

Pillar 2: Hiring fairness and transparency

Score

14.2

/ 20

The company includes applicant protections and process guardrails across postings, including reasonable accommodation language, E-Verify notes (where required), and fair chance language in relevant locations.
Apple states on the benefits page that Apple does not ask for salary history, and many Apple job postings include explicit base pay ranges tied to location, which helps candidates calibrate expectations.
The company has limited role-by-role transparency on interview stages, timelines, and feedback practices on the careers site, so candidates often rely on recruiter communication and third-party reports for process clarity.

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Pillar 3: Learning and support

Score

15.5

/ 20

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The company describes Apple University programs and broader learning resources (including online classes and tuition reimbursement) as part of how Apple supports employee development.
Apple’s Apple Support College Advisor FAQ describes a structured training period (up to nine weeks) delivered live online, with product and troubleshooting topics plus Apple’s support approach.
The company states on the student careers pages that Apple Store roles can start without prior tech experience and that Apple provides role training and ongoing support, but the depth of onboarding varies widely by team and job family.

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Pillar 4: Pay fairness and stability

Score

16.5

/ 20

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The company publishes base pay ranges on many Apple job postings and frames pay as a range-based structure designed to allow progression, which is a concrete transparency signal.
Apple’s benefits page states that employees are eligible for stock grants and an Apple stock purchase discount, alongside retirement support such as 401(k) matching (US-specific).
The company’s pay transparency is not uniform across all countries and role types, and student internship compensation is not consistently spelled out on the student-facing pages, which limits verification for early-career candidates outside the US.

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Pillar 5: Early-career outcomes

Score

11.8

/ 20

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The company does not publish early-career outcomes such as internship-to-full-time conversion rates, time-to-promotion for junior hires, or early-tenure retention, which caps confidence on long-term results.
Apple has many public LinkedIn profiles where people list Apple internships followed by later full-time Apple engineering roles, which shows a real conversion path exists, but Apple does not provide cohort-level conversion data.
The company’s broad employee sentiment signals on Glassdoor include a high “recommend to a friend” share and mid-range ratings for work-life balance and career opportunities, but those figures are not broken out for early-career cohorts.

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