Good Pay, Poor Senior Management Strategy
Good Pay, Poor Senior Management Strategy
Good pay and benefits.
Lots of cash to get things done when needed.
Great people at the working level.
People work together well.
Losing market share even though they claim they are gaining.
Their only strategy is to cut costs and people every quarter.
No real long-term strategy, just quarter-to-quarter financial results.
Constant, disruptive reorgs that set progress back.
Constant outsourcing of jobs, yet they claim employees are their greatest assets.
Great, a real long-term strategy like Apple does. Constant focus on cutting costs is killing the company, and the stock price shows it.
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Applied Materials Interview Experiences
Engineering Manager
Multiple interviews. Topics ranging from background to technical experience to future plans. It seems like this company wants to bring back some of the technical talent that has left in the past couple of years.
Engineering Co-Op
The interviewer was chill, but provided no feedback. He didn't ask many questions and didn't show interest in my responses. He asked some questions on the resume and followed up with some technical questions.
Mechanical Engineer
The interview process was quick. Additionally, it seemed simpler than others, but the questions felt like they did a better job filtering to the core of someone's strengths and weaknesses.
Engineering Manager
GermanyJune 19, 2016Multiple interviews. Topics ranging from background to technical experience to future plans. It seems like this company wants to bring back some of the technical talent that has left in the past couple of years.
Engineering Co-Op
United StatesOctober 30, 2025The interviewer was chill, but provided no feedback. He didn't ask many questions and didn't show interest in my responses. He asked some questions on the resume and followed up with some technical questions.
Mechanical Engineer
United StatesOctober 16, 2025The interview process was quick. Additionally, it seemed simpler than others, but the questions felt like they did a better job filtering to the core of someone's strengths and weaknesses.
