Challenging Work, Poor Balance
Challenging Work, Poor Balance
Good product, very challenging, fast-paced. You can learn a lot as an NCG. Talented people to work with, good pay as a hardware engineer.
High pressure, no work-life balance, small cubicles, old working environment, not a fancy place to work at. Too many managers and VPs.
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Applied Materials Interview Experiences
Mechanical Engineer
Had a three-hour virtual interview with four hiring managers, 45 minutes each. Each hiring manager asked questions on different areas, like stress management, how I make design decisions, working with teams, and why I want to work for Applied, etc. I
Mechanical Engineer
Two rounds of online interviews. The first round was mainly behavioral, and the second round was technical. Most questions were from the resume and projects you have worked on before. Cleared all rounds but got rejected due to headcount.
Mechanical Engineer
Applied for the position through LinkedIn and got a call from the Sr. Engineer about 5 months later. I asked him what the position was about, and he actually laughed at me for not remembering 10 lines of the job description. Nevertheless, I went fo
Mechanical Engineer
Santa Clara, California, United StatesMarch 1, 2023Had a three-hour virtual interview with four hiring managers, 45 minutes each. Each hiring manager asked questions on different areas, like stress management, how I make design decisions, working with teams, and why I want to work for Applied, etc. I
Mechanical Engineer
Santa Clara, California, United StatesApril 1, 2024Two rounds of online interviews. The first round was mainly behavioral, and the second round was technical. Most questions were from the resume and projects you have worked on before. Cleared all rounds but got rejected due to headcount.
Mechanical Engineer
Santa Clara, California, United StatesJune 4, 2014Applied for the position through LinkedIn and got a call from the Sr. Engineer about 5 months later. I asked him what the position was about, and he actually laughed at me for not remembering 10 lines of the job description. Nevertheless, I went fo
