Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience - Austin, Texas
Process
Interview:
Recruiter setup the initial phone screening with the recruiting manager.
The phone screening lasted for about 35 minutes.
It started with my field of experience and depth into the design and architecture.
After the phone screening, I have been asked to come for the personal interview.
It lasted for 2 and half hours with the 3 different group of people.
Because of one the team member was absent that day, I had to come again for 45 minutes.
People/Culture:
The culture is unusual for me.
They do follow AGILE process but it is not really AGILE, they pretty much end up following waterfall methodology because of the product development.
The change management system is not great.
They use lot of braching, developer has to merge the code.
The timings are flexible if you are delivering your tasks in time.
Questions
One of them asked me about university. One of the panel members did not speak a word.
They did not ask more technical questions to me, just overall experience.
I ended up asking more about the company and the interviewer.
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Interview Statistics
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Success Rate
KLA's interview process for their Senior Software Engineer roles in Austin, Texas is incredibly easy as the vast majority of engineers get an offer after going through it.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having mixed feelings for KLA's Senior Software Engineer interview process in Austin, Texas.
KLA Work Experiences
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- 3.0Mixed bagSenior Software Engineer • Former EmployeeMilpitas, CaliforniaJune 20, 2014Pros: This is my third time working for this company. Pros are the same as before: all the typical pros of working for a large company. In addition: great people, people are smart and work hard, great technology and engineering, good facilities. Overall, the company is well managed - which is hard to do in this kind of industry (small market size, high tech, low growth, lots of competition).Cons: All the typical cons of working for a large company. Some points to make: company values talent, not people, and treats individuals as disposable. Benefits are sub-par for the Bay Area. Compensation tends to be on the low side. No effective standards of conduct for management - about 20% of middle management staff are unprofessional psychopaths and it's impossible to hold them accountable. Rank order performance evaluations (archaic way to manage a work force) incentivizes people to work hard but not take risks or make tough decisions. People are discouraged from moving around within the company, so careers can stagnate. And a company culture that I can only describe as "unnecessarily mean".
- 4.0Sr. Software EngineerSenior Software Engineer • Current EmployeeMilpitas, CaliforniaAugust 19, 2013Pros: It is a nice place to work and provides good training.Cons: Growth opportunities are not as much.
