Applications Engineer Interview Experience - Milpitas, California
September 27, 2012
Positive ExperienceGot Offer
Process
Career fair: Here you hand in your resume and have a chat with representatives about opportunities that would suit you and how the company works Information session: Here an official overview about the company is provided and then you can hand in resumes, have in-depth conversations with experienced employees On-campus interview: If shortlisted, you are invited for a reasonably rigorous, tech+behavioral on-campus interview On-site interview: 2-4 candidates are selected for each job to come on site and have a rigorous day of interviewing with team members
Questions
Tech question on edge detection in an image:
Here is an image from an optical/SEM tool. The objective is to use this as a reference to compare with other images and find a match. What technique would you use?
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 13 interview experiences for the KLA Applications Engineer role in Milpitas, California.
Success Rate
38%
Pass Rate
KLA's interview process for their Applications Engineer roles in Milpitas, California is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Positive69%
Neutral15%
Negative15%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for KLA's Applications Engineer interview process in Milpitas, California.
KLA Work Experiences
3.0
OK but not great
Applications Engineer • Former Employee
Milpitas, California
January 29, 2010
Pros: Some products are the best in their field.
Opportunity to travel (can be good or bad, depending on your perspective).
Pretty good pay, with an annual bonus program. Managers do very well.
Cons: The company offers below average benefits compared to other similar companies.
There is below average corporate image and community involvement, because the charity matching gift program is rarely enabled and is chintzy anyway, and there is very little sponsorship of community arts or charity events.
Little attention is paid to career development, and this is such a specialized industry that experience here may not be applicable anywhere else.
1.0
bad, unprofessional company
Applications Engineer • Current Employee
Milpitas, California
October 2, 2008
Pros: I have nothing positive to say about this company
Cons: Where do I begin? As a new hire, I experienced the following:
- Sexual innuendos
- Use of profane language by managers during work functions
- Pressure to work constant overtime to make up for overly aggressive timelines
- Condescension and derision from more senior coworkers
- It is my understanding that illegal drug use is not disallowed nor are there any impromptu drug screensThese issues were attempted to be addressed through the manager, but no action was taken. Took these issues to HR, HR completely ignored these concerns and called me a liar. Unprofessional conduct at company social functions, like peer pressure to consume alcohol. Generally uncooperative coworkers. Upon initial start of job, boss went on an extended vacation, assigned non-managers as initial mentors.
Due to their lack of interest in mentoring, there was no training. As a result, upon boss's return, boss was disappointed in my performance while he was away.I tried to remedy all of these situations through proper company channels (HR, using the system as it is set up). After 1.5 months of investigation, my concerns of a hostile and uncooperative company environment were explained away as "normal behavior due to stressful situations of coworkers".A company to be avoided at all costs, even if you have to beg for food.
3.0
smart people, terrible work life balance
Applications Engineer • Current Employee
Milpitas, California
November 25, 2014
Pros: Smart people, very young team with enthusiasm to go great job, profitable company
Cons: Terrible work life balance, too much traveling
- 3.0OK but not greatApplications Engineer • Former EmployeeMilpitas, CaliforniaJanuary 29, 2010Pros: Some products are the best in their field. Opportunity to travel (can be good or bad, depending on your perspective). Pretty good pay, with an annual bonus program. Managers do very well.Cons: The company offers below average benefits compared to other similar companies. There is below average corporate image and community involvement, because the charity matching gift program is rarely enabled and is chintzy anyway, and there is very little sponsorship of community arts or charity events. Little attention is paid to career development, and this is such a specialized industry that experience here may not be applicable anywhere else.
- 1.0bad, unprofessional companyApplications Engineer • Current EmployeeMilpitas, CaliforniaOctober 2, 2008Pros: I have nothing positive to say about this companyCons: Where do I begin? As a new hire, I experienced the following: - Sexual innuendos - Use of profane language by managers during work functions - Pressure to work constant overtime to make up for overly aggressive timelines - Condescension and derision from more senior coworkers - It is my understanding that illegal drug use is not disallowed nor are there any impromptu drug screensThese issues were attempted to be addressed through the manager, but no action was taken. Took these issues to HR, HR completely ignored these concerns and called me a liar. Unprofessional conduct at company social functions, like peer pressure to consume alcohol. Generally uncooperative coworkers. Upon initial start of job, boss went on an extended vacation, assigned non-managers as initial mentors. Due to their lack of interest in mentoring, there was no training. As a result, upon boss's return, boss was disappointed in my performance while he was away.I tried to remedy all of these situations through proper company channels (HR, using the system as it is set up). After 1.5 months of investigation, my concerns of a hostile and uncooperative company environment were explained away as "normal behavior due to stressful situations of coworkers".A company to be avoided at all costs, even if you have to beg for food.
- 3.0smart people, terrible work life balanceApplications Engineer • Current EmployeeMilpitas, CaliforniaNovember 25, 2014Pros: Smart people, very young team with enthusiasm to go great job, profitable companyCons: Terrible work life balance, too much traveling
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