What does it take to be considered a Genius? For the Apple Store, it seems it takes a lot more than two decades of engineering experience at the company.
JK Scheinberg was an engineer at Apple, and perhaps his most notable achievement at the company was leading the effort to transition its Mac computers from PowerPC architecture to Intel chips instead. It's hard to imagine many applicants with more experience applying to become a tech support assistant at an Apple Store Genius Bar.
But as The New York Times reports, Scheinberg became 'a little restless' after retiring from his job at Apple in 2008, at the age of 54. He decided to apply for a job at a Genius Bar, believing that his considerable knowledge and experience would be considered an asset at one of the firm's many retail stores.
When Scheinberg attended the group interview, he noted that he was twice as old as anyone else there. "On the way out," he said, "all three of the interviewers singled me out and said, 'We'll be in touch'. I never heard back." It was only after he called them to try to find out what was going on that a recruiter later emailed to discuss setting up a second interview, but by that point, he had - perhaps understandably - lost some of his enthusiasm for the job, and decided not to pursue it further.
As Business Insider notes, Apple has a reputation for employing young people to work in its stores.
Scheinberg has a sense of humor about the whole thing though. After details of his application for the Apple Store job emerged this week, he tweeted:
Source: The New York Times via Business Insider
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