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Product Engineer Interview Experience - Fremont, California

April 1, 2016
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Process

Initial phone screenings, one with HR to describe the role and one with an engineer who asked more technical questions, led to an invitation for a day-long on-site interview. This consisted of:

  • 8 separate ~45-minute long interviews (mostly with team members or managers of groups the position would either be working under directly or closely with)
  • A 1-hour long research presentation (plan 40-45 minutes of slides to leave plenty of time for questions, which should be expected both as interruptions and follow-up after the talk)
  • Lunch with other recent hires (a good opportunity to ask about their experience starting at the company).

My presentation was scheduled in the morning, and the other early interviews were also very technical or oriented toward the expected responsibilities of this role or specifics about my research background. The afternoon interviews, on the other hand, tended to be more about the organizational structure, corporate culture, and core values of Lam, with plenty of time for me to ask my own questions about the company.

Questions

Why are you interested in working for this group (as opposed to getting a post-doc in academia or working in a different field)?

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 16 interview experiences for the Lam Research Product Engineer role in Fremont, California.

Success Rate

38%
Pass Rate

Lam Research's interview process for their Product Engineer roles in Fremont, California is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive75%
Neutral13%
Negative13%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Lam Research's Product Engineer interview process in Fremont, California.

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