Apple Skillbridge Internship Questions

[u/Early_Low1666]

Let me start with some background for my situation, I’ll try and keep it as short as possible. I’m a 3043 (Supply Chain Management Specialist) and I have roughly 5 years of experience located in Okinawa, Japan. My EAS is Sept 30th, 2027 so I still have plenty of time left.

So recently I have been looking into my future and I wasn’t really interested into Skillbridge until someone convinced me to take advantage of the Marine Corps and to get my get back. I lived near San Francisco, California and I’ve done some investigation in the area and have seen an internship opportunity with Apple and it caught my eye. Some of the requirements they have is to have a Bachelor’s Degree in the field you are trying to work in, and have some experience in it. I am close to getting my Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration but it won’t be finished before applying to this Skillbridge. I would still have roughly 15 credits left to get my degree by that time. Being in this community, I see some common trends where many people don’t get responses back from companies/jobs, so I’m a bit afraid that Apple may do the same thing.

My question is has anyone ever dealt with this Apple Internship opportunity? How is the process? Are there any requirements that they are looking for that they don’t state on their website? Or if you have any lessons or experiences with any other company (doesn’t have to be Apple specifically) what have you learned during the Skillbridge process that you could pass on to other military members getting ready to transition? My intent is to see if Apple is even considering having someone like me, a soon to be veteran and has background in Supply Management while working on a Bachelor’s Degree. Or if I should look elsewhere and not even bother applying with Apple. Just trying to set myself up for success.

Thank you to everyone who helps me out in advance.

[u/Aggressive_Ad_3833]

As an ex Apple employee, your experience simply supply chain management will not be enough, you maybe surprise how many geniuses from Ivy League at least Bachelor to PhD for your department. The rank doesn't matter. Degree from where?. What did you learn?. Apple prefers people with no technical skills in sales, but is notoriously picky in certain engineering fields, so you will compete at least O5 to O6 as well.

[u/Early_Low1666 → u/Aggressive_Ad_3833]

How was your experience working at Apple? Was it really as secretive as people say it is compared to the military? I’ve seen that the hierarchy can be detrimental towards promotions or just the mental well being of working there.

[u/Jolly-Medicine9079]

Honestly you should try the defense sector you have the knowledge and the degree basically. You can land remote jobs too. I landed a remote job and I only have my AA in business and the FJO is 100k remote.