Decent company to work for
Decent company to work for
A good place to start your career fresh out of college.
You will be thrown into the deep well of the real semiconductor industry, and it will be up to you to use every chance to learn new things.
Starting salaries are always at par or above market rate.
Lack of mentorship and guidance, especially for new college grads. Lots of micromanagement from mid-level managers who take the credit for your work. Poor coordination and communication among cross-functional teams leading to wastage of time in long email chains.
Focus on innovation and enable the talented engineers, especially hardware engineers. Don't waste their time by making them deal with too many business processes and PowerPoint presentation formats.
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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
Data Engineer
A recruiter reached out to me on LinkedIn. 1. Initial recruiter screening phone call. 2. Interview with a team member (SQL, Python) for about 2 hours. 3. Interview with the hiring manager (hard SQL, behavioral, Python, Spark) for about 2 hours.
Hardware Director
The interview was not very well organized. Interviewers were either late or missed their time slot, which made you wonder if you were really important or not. Preparation was poor; I felt that more than one interviewer was reading my resume for the f
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
Data Engineer
Santa Clara, California, United StatesJune 1, 2021A recruiter reached out to me on LinkedIn. 1. Initial recruiter screening phone call. 2. Interview with a team member (SQL, Python) for about 2 hours. 3. Interview with the hiring manager (hard SQL, behavioral, Python, Spark) for about 2 hours.
Hardware Director
Santa Clara, California, United StatesNovember 7, 2015The interview was not very well organized. Interviewers were either late or missed their time slot, which made you wonder if you were really important or not. Preparation was poor; I felt that more than one interviewer was reading my resume for the f
