KLA-Tencor
KLA-Tencor
A real engineering company with access to technology that is rarely found elsewhere. Optics, electronics, precision motion systems, high speed image computers, robotics, complex system software, and difficult optimization problems
K-T provides access to all those technologies at one company.
Growth has slowed and opportunities and compensation have slowed with it. It's a semiconductor company and this segment has always been cyclical. Expect lots of ups and downs and some job insecurity in the down cycles.
In the next cycle find a growth opportunity that is outside of the semiconductor area and figure out how to make is a reality.
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KLA Interview Experiences
Algorithm Engineer
Two phone screens, one full-day onsite with 5 people. People were nice. General discussion on background work. etc. Like most other interviews, maybe not as intense. It is a semi-formal place so maybe you can get away with jeans and t-shirt, but ad
Product Engineer
A phone interview and then they flew me in for a presentation and a series of eight 1-on-1s. In this series of 1:1s, lots of questions come over and over and make it boring. In addition, every interviewer tends to ask questions about his own backgro
Machine Learning Intern
2 rounds both focusing on ML questions, mostly focused on resume. The second round was with hiring manager and also included a LeetCode question which at a medium level. The ML questions were focused on GANs, learning rate schedulers etc.
Algorithm Engineer
Milpitas, CaliforniaMarch 1, 2014Two phone screens, one full-day onsite with 5 people. People were nice. General discussion on background work. etc. Like most other interviews, maybe not as intense. It is a semi-formal place so maybe you can get away with jeans and t-shirt, but ad
Product Engineer
Milpitas, CaliforniaDecember 1, 2011A phone interview and then they flew me in for a presentation and a series of eight 1-on-1s. In this series of 1:1s, lots of questions come over and over and make it boring. In addition, every interviewer tends to ask questions about his own backgro
Machine Learning Intern
Milpitas, CaliforniaAugust 21, 20252 rounds both focusing on ML questions, mostly focused on resume. The second round was with hiring manager and also included a LeetCode question which at a medium level. The ML questions were focused on GANs, learning rate schedulers etc.
