KLA

Mechanical Design Engineer Interview Experience - Singapore

April 1, 2024

Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Get interview thru Zoom with hiring manager. Prepare slides and present 30mins. Follow by introduce yourself and talk what role their offer. Overall ok, however HR passive and no response on follow up. Don't overbearing on treat candidate.

Questions

How do you convince me to hire you?

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 3 interview experiences for the KLA Mechanical Design Engineer role in Singapore.

Success Rate

0%

Pass Rate

KLA's interview process for their Mechanical Design Engineer roles in Singapore is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive33%

Neutral0%

Negative67%

Candidates reported having very negative feelings for KLA's Mechanical Design Engineer interview process in Singapore.

KLA Work Experiences

Mech Engineer

Mechanical Design Engineer • Current Employee

San Jose, California

February 22, 2018

Pros: Good compensation, well-organized, collaborative work environment

Cons: Extremely fast paced, communication between different groups can sometimes be lacking

Mechanical Design Engineer • Current Employee

San Jose, California

February 22, 2018

Pros: Good compensation, well-organized, collaborative work environment

Cons: Extremely fast paced, communication between different groups can sometimes be lacking

Not such a great place to work in a down economy.

Mechanical Design Engineer • Former Employee

San Jose, California

November 14, 2009

Pros: The company uses good cutting edge technology. There are real engineering tasks to work on. There are interesting problems to solve. There are technically bright people to work with.

Cons: Constant cost cutting. Layoffs almost every quarter, leading to overloaded resources and very poor morale. Management tripping over themselves to outsource everything from software development, manufacturing and now engineering of new products as well as support of existing. This too is leading to very poor morale. Especially when you are asked to train your replacement in China or Israel and then watch your job disappear.

Not such a great place to work in a down economy.

Mechanical Design Engineer • Former Employee

San Jose, California

November 14, 2009

Pros: The company uses good cutting edge technology. There are real engineering tasks to work on. There are interesting problems to solve. There are technically bright people to work with.

Cons: Constant cost cutting. Layoffs almost every quarter, leading to overloaded resources and very poor morale. Management tripping over themselves to outsource everything from software development, manufacturing and now engineering of new products as well as support of existing. This too is leading to very poor morale. Especially when you are asked to train your replacement in China or Israel and then watch your job disappear.

Former FaST Division Employee

Mechanical Design Engineer • Former Employee

Milpitas, California

January 20, 2016

Pros: People are smart, decent benefits, good place to learn "soft" skills straight out of school. People on the mechanical team are all level headed and easy to work with. You learn a lot the first year to year and a half. I would leave after that.

Cons: 1. Politics and risk mitigation. Any design that deviates from past designs will be shot down immediately. Who is pitching the concept seems to matter more than the concept itself during CDRs. 2. Concepts and designs are never validated on a subsystem level. Thus, there is never any data to properly evaluate how well a design works and furthermore never the data required to give design specs for the next system. 3. Projects are always understaffed and schedules are not founded in reality. In my three years at the company, not once had I finished a project on time. This is common place. Do not buy into being behind schedule. It will only create unnecessary stress in your life. Work hard, but know you will never get ahead and the harder you work the more work will be dumped on you. I left because I felt the group did not do "real" engineering, there is no clear path for upward mobility within the group, and the machine that is FaST is too frustrating to work within. With the current KT-LAM proposed acquisition, shedding of talent, and lack of interesting work, it made sense to leave.

Former FaST Division Employee

Mechanical Design Engineer • Former Employee

Milpitas, California

January 20, 2016

Pros: People are smart, decent benefits, good place to learn "soft" skills straight out of school. People on the mechanical team are all level headed and easy to work with. You learn a lot the first year to year and a half. I would leave after that.

Cons: 1. Politics and risk mitigation. Any design that deviates from past designs will be shot down immediately. Who is pitching the concept seems to matter more than the concept itself during CDRs. 2. Concepts and designs are never validated on a subsystem level. Thus, there is never any data to properly evaluate how well a design works and furthermore never the data required to give design specs for the next system. 3. Projects are always understaffed and schedules are not founded in reality. In my three years at the company, not once had I finished a project on time. This is common place. Do not buy into being behind schedule. It will only create unnecessary stress in your life. Work hard, but know you will never get ahead and the harder you work the more work will be dumped on you. I left because I felt the group did not do "real" engineering, there is no clear path for upward mobility within the group, and the machine that is FaST is too frustrating to work within. With the current KT-LAM proposed acquisition, shedding of talent, and lack of interesting work, it made sense to leave.

Mech Engineer

Mechanical Design Engineer • Current Employee

San Jose, California

February 22, 2018

Pros: Good compensation, well-organized, collaborative work environment

Cons: Extremely fast paced, communication between different groups can sometimes be lacking

5.0
Mech Engineer
Mechanical Design Engineer • Current Employee
San Jose, California
February 22, 2018
Pros: Good compensation, well-organized, collaborative work environment
Cons: Extremely fast paced, communication between different groups can sometimes be lacking

Not such a great place to work in a down economy.

Mechanical Design Engineer • Former Employee

San Jose, California

November 14, 2009

Pros: The company uses good cutting edge technology. There are real engineering tasks to work on. There are interesting problems to solve. There are technically bright people to work with.

Cons: Constant cost cutting. Layoffs almost every quarter, leading to overloaded resources and very poor morale. Management tripping over themselves to outsource everything from software development, manufacturing and now engineering of new products as well as support of existing. This too is leading to very poor morale. Especially when you are asked to train your replacement in China or Israel and then watch your job disappear.

2.0
Not such a great place to work in a down economy.
Mechanical Design Engineer • Former Employee
San Jose, California
November 14, 2009
Pros: The company uses good cutting edge technology. There are real engineering tasks to work on. There are interesting problems to solve. There are technically bright people to work with.
Cons: Constant cost cutting. Layoffs almost every quarter, leading to overloaded resources and very poor morale. Management tripping over themselves to outsource everything from software development, manufacturing and now engineering of new products as well as support of existing. This too is leading to very poor morale. Especially when you are asked to train your replacement in China or Israel and then watch your job disappear.

Former FaST Division Employee

Mechanical Design Engineer • Former Employee

Milpitas, California

January 20, 2016

Pros: People are smart, decent benefits, good place to learn "soft" skills straight out of school. People on the mechanical team are all level headed and easy to work with. You learn a lot the first year to year and a half. I would leave after that.

Cons: 1. Politics and risk mitigation. Any design that deviates from past designs will be shot down immediately. Who is pitching the concept seems to matter more than the concept itself during CDRs. 2. Concepts and designs are never validated on a subsystem level. Thus, there is never any data to properly evaluate how well a design works and furthermore never the data required to give design specs for the next system. 3. Projects are always understaffed and schedules are not founded in reality. In my three years at the company, not once had I finished a project on time. This is common place. Do not buy into being behind schedule. It will only create unnecessary stress in your life. Work hard, but know you will never get ahead and the harder you work the more work will be dumped on you. I left because I felt the group did not do "real" engineering, there is no clear path for upward mobility within the group, and the machine that is FaST is too frustrating to work within. With the current KT-LAM proposed acquisition, shedding of talent, and lack of interesting work, it made sense to leave.

3.0
Former FaST Division Employee
Mechanical Design Engineer • Former Employee
Milpitas, California
January 20, 2016
Pros: People are smart, decent benefits, good place to learn "soft" skills straight out of school. People on the mechanical team are all level headed and easy to work with. You learn a lot the first year to year and a half. I would leave after that.
Cons: 1. Politics and risk mitigation. Any design that deviates from past designs will be shot down immediately. Who is pitching the concept seems to matter more than the concept itself during CDRs. 2. Concepts and designs are never validated on a subsystem level. Thus, there is never any data to properly evaluate how well a design works and furthermore never the data required to give design specs for the next system. 3. Projects are always understaffed and schedules are not founded in reality. In my three years at the company, not once had I finished a project on time. This is common place. Do not buy into being behind schedule. It will only create unnecessary stress in your life. Work hard, but know you will never get ahead and the harder you work the more work will be dumped on you. I left because I felt the group did not do "real" engineering, there is no clear path for upward mobility within the group, and the machine that is FaST is too frustrating to work within. With the current KT-LAM proposed acquisition, shedding of talent, and lack of interesting work, it made sense to leave.

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