Not a place for skilled SW developers who love SW
Not a place for skilled SW developers who love SW
Salary above average Work from home is allowed
Poor work-life balance.
You are expected to work long hours.
Toxic culture.
SW is a complete mess filled with old MFC) tech.
SW development process is sub par.
Very task oriented no plan for refactoring.
Huge code base improperly distributed between SW developers in different parts of the world.
Very hard to improve anything
I don’t know where to start…
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KLA Interview Experiences
Applications Development Engineer
My resume was passed along by a colleague who works at KLA-Tencor. I got a call by a recruiter out of the blue who proceeded to give me a somewhat rigorous technical interview (which was hard because I had no time to prepare), and it went so rough I
Applications Engineer
Very general questions, such as what's your contribution in ...[experience], how much do you know about this role, are you ok with traveling, etc. Most questions based on your resume.
Applications Development Engineer
Multiple rounds usually starting with apti test, moving on to 2-3 technical rounds, 1-2 HR rounds, 1 algorithm test which includes answering a set of questions in a specified duration of time. They would ask you to present one of your projects to tes
Applications Development Engineer
United StatesOctober 1, 2014My resume was passed along by a colleague who works at KLA-Tencor. I got a call by a recruiter out of the blue who proceeded to give me a somewhat rigorous technical interview (which was hard because I had no time to prepare), and it went so rough I
Applications Engineer
Milpitas, CaliforniaFebruary 5, 2026Very general questions, such as what's your contribution in ...[experience], how much do you know about this role, are you ok with traveling, etc. Most questions based on your resume.
Applications Development Engineer
Chennai, IndiaJanuary 23, 2015Multiple rounds usually starting with apti test, moving on to 2-3 technical rounds, 1-2 HR rounds, 1 algorithm test which includes answering a set of questions in a specified duration of time. They would ask you to present one of your projects to tes
