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Software Engineer Interview Experience - Santa Clara, California

April 27, 2023
Negative ExperienceGot Offer

Process

I had 3 rounds of interviews with different levels of managers, who went through the complexities of the projects I had worked on in the past.

One interview also involved designing a distributed system and how different traffic loads would be managed.

The interviews were wrapped up in a week, and I received a verbal offer the next week.

I waited for the offer letter for 4 weeks, and the recruiter still did not have an offer letter released for me, citing that the finance department had not approved my offer yet.

The process was very frustrating and totally unexpected.

Questions

Tell me about your past experience.

How would you deploy an ML model in a distributed environment?

Design a photo sharing system.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 3 interview experiences for the Applied Materials Software Engineer role in Santa Clara, California.

Success Rate

33%
Pass Rate

Applied Materials's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in Santa Clara, California is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive33%
Neutral33%
Negative33%

Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Applied Materials's Software Engineer interview process in Santa Clara, California.

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