Texas Instruments

Applications Engineer Interview Experience

December 16, 2014

Neutral ExperienceGot Offer

Process

Three interviews were conducted (two in person, one via webcam). The total process took close to three months. I had my final interview (through webcam) in October and received an offer in December. The overall process was alright, I just wished it didn't take so long.

Questions

Discuss your most challenging project.

Provide a basic run-through of your resume.

Give an example of how you would debug a problem.

Explain why Texas Instruments (TI).

Answer behavioral questions, such as:

Talk about a time where you didn't get along with your team.
Describe a time where you found a unique solution to a problem.

Some basic technical circuit problems.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 94 interview experiences for the Texas Instruments Applications Engineer role in United States.

Success Rate

40%

Pass Rate

Texas Instruments's interview process for their Applications Engineer roles in the United States is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive68%

Neutral29%

Negative3%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Texas Instruments's Applications Engineer interview process in United States.

Texas Instruments Work Experiences

Learned From Humble, Smart People

Applications Engineer • Current Employee

Dallas, Texas, United States

October 20, 2014

Pros: Constantly adapting, relatively horizontal, lots of very knowledgeable and humble people.

Cons: a bit conservative but understandably, some groups are a bit less lenient than others.

Learned From Humble, Smart People

Applications Engineer • Current Employee

Dallas, Texas, United States

October 20, 2014

Pros: Constantly adapting, relatively horizontal, lots of very knowledgeable and humble people.

Cons: a bit conservative but understandably, some groups are a bit less lenient than others.

Smart Team, Toxic Culture

Applications Engineer • Current Employee

San Jose, California, United States

Pros: Great resources and the chance to work with highly intelligent and driven individuals.

Cons: I worked in the Sunnyvale Sales office, which has a terrible culture. Being that it is sales, colleagues are quick to highlight any negative observations or judgments they have on you to upper management. Upper management has its own agenda and is not transparent with its team on decisions being made.

Smart Team, Toxic Culture

Applications Engineer • Current Employee

San Jose, California, United States

Pros: Great resources and the chance to work with highly intelligent and driven individuals.

Cons: I worked in the Sunnyvale Sales office, which has a terrible culture. Being that it is sales, colleagues are quick to highlight any negative observations or judgments they have on you to upper management. Upper management has its own agenda and is not transparent with its team on decisions being made.

Helpful Staff, Poor Location

Applications Engineer • Former Employee

Pros: Great staff and managers. They are all willing to help.

Cons: The location is not so great.

Helpful Staff, Poor Location

Applications Engineer • Former Employee

Pros: Great staff and managers. They are all willing to help.

Cons: The location is not so great.

Learned From Humble, Smart People

Applications Engineer • Current Employee

Dallas, Texas, United States

October 20, 2014

Pros: Constantly adapting, relatively horizontal, lots of very knowledgeable and humble people.

Cons: a bit conservative but understandably, some groups are a bit less lenient than others.

5.0
Learned From Humble, Smart People
Applications Engineer • Current Employee
Dallas, Texas, United States
October 20, 2014
Pros: Constantly adapting, relatively horizontal, lots of very knowledgeable and humble people.
Cons: a bit conservative but understandably, some groups are a bit less lenient than others.

Smart Team, Toxic Culture

Applications Engineer • Current Employee

San Jose, California, United States

Pros: Great resources and the chance to work with highly intelligent and driven individuals.

Cons: I worked in the Sunnyvale Sales office, which has a terrible culture. Being that it is sales, colleagues are quick to highlight any negative observations or judgments they have on you to upper management. Upper management has its own agenda and is not transparent with its team on decisions being made.

4.0
Smart Team, Toxic Culture
Applications Engineer • Current Employee
San Jose, California, United States
June 15, 2017
Pros: Great resources and the chance to work with highly intelligent and driven individuals.
Cons: I worked in the Sunnyvale Sales office, which has a terrible culture. Being that it is sales, colleagues are quick to highlight any negative observations or judgments they have on you to upper management. Upper management has its own agenda and is not transparent with its team on decisions being made.

Helpful Staff, Poor Location

Applications Engineer • Former Employee

Pros: Great staff and managers. They are all willing to help.

Cons: The location is not so great.

5.0
Helpful Staff, Poor Location
Applications Engineer • Former Employee
May 5, 2021
Pros: Great staff and managers. They are all willing to help.
Cons: The location is not so great.

Texas Instruments Interview Questions

Generate Parentheses

Given a number 'n', generate all possible well-formed (balanced) parentheses strings of length 2*n. For instance, if n=3, you need to create all valid combinations like '((()))', '(()())', etc.

RecursionStrings

Minimum Path Sum

Find the minimum sum of a path from the top-left to the bottom-right corner of a grid. You can only move down or right at each step.

ArraysDynamic Programming

Partition Array Into Two Arrays to Minimize Sum Difference

Divide an array into two subarrays such that the absolute difference between their sums is minimized. Find the best possible split to make the subarray sums as close as possible.

ArraysRecursionDynamic Programming

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