Software Engineer Interview Experience - Rehovot
Process
Very long and frustrating.
Online interview. Then home assignment. Then office technical interview. Director interview.
They kept me hanging by a thread. They told me that they try to solve it too, which makes me think I did the job for them for free.
They scheduled all interviews to one hour. In reality, it lasted three hours each!
The director failed me and I have no idea why. It lasted 30 min on Zoom, and he actually read the questions from a form and just wrote my answers. I barely had any discussion with the rude dude.
Questions
Home assignment: create a program in Java that encrypts, decrypts, and XORs.
And to re-decrypt an array of ints to the original string only by key length. (Very difficult if you don't have the key string).
Second interview: behavioral and Spring Boot REST API assignment.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 3 interview experiences for the Applied Materials Software Engineer role in Rehovot.
Success Rate
Applied Materials's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in Rehovot is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Applied Materials's Software Engineer interview process in Rehovot.
Applied Materials Work Experiences
- 3.0Good Pay, No GrowthSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeBengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaNovember 11, 2025Pros: High pay scale, flexible timing.Cons: No growth opportunities, worst HR, and arrogant Indian managers.
- 4.0A good company to work forSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeChennai, Tamil Nadu, IndiaNovember 11, 2025Pros: A less demanding workload if we are intelligent enough to handle tasks, decent pay, stock options with an attractive offer, and friendly colleagues across India.Cons: Less growth if staying in the comfort zone. Not more than one outing per year, and that too does not happen sometimes in the name of cost-cutting.
- 4.0Overall, it's acceptable.Software Engineer • Current EmployeeHsinchu, TaiwanNovember 8, 2025Pros: There are many organized activities.Cons: There are significant disparities between departments; some perform exceptionally well, while others fall far behind.
