Good Pay, Toxic Culture
Good Pay, Toxic Culture
Pay & benefits are good on paper. Some coworkers and direct managers are good.
Micromanaging, scope-creep, disrespect, narcissism, unreasonable, ridiculous, unrealistic, uncooperative, untrained, defunct – miscommunication, discontent, yelling, bickering, survival, hopelessness. These are all words that describe this place and one's personal experience, especially these past months with changes that come with the name change from WaferTech to TSMC Washington.
Get a grasp on reality. You cannot greatly increase standards, expectations, and overall workload of an already difficult job with no additional compensation or manpower and expect people to be happy with it. There are fundamental differences between WaferTech and TSMC HQ. People are starting to quit; the writing is on the wall.
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TSMC Interview Experiences
Equipment Engineer
Two rounds with two different engineers. They were really nice. You basically just have to tell them what they want to hear. It is not that bad, just be yourself.
Equipment Engineer
One video interview with a team member, one with his boss. Both had clearly not looked at my resume beforehand. They had me talk through my resume and asked questions about my experience. It seemed important to them that I understood the technical ba
Equipment Engineer
The interview was all behavioral. I practiced using the Situation, Task, Action, Result method and knowing all of your projects and resume well. The panel was a few people asking questions. There was no presentation.
Equipment Engineer
Phoenix, Arizona, United StatesOctober 1, 2025Two rounds with two different engineers. They were really nice. You basically just have to tell them what they want to hear. It is not that bad, just be yourself.
Equipment Engineer
United StatesSeptember 1, 2025One video interview with a team member, one with his boss. Both had clearly not looked at my resume beforehand. They had me talk through my resume and asked questions about my experience. It seemed important to them that I understood the technical ba
Equipment Engineer
Phoenix, Arizona, United StatesJune 12, 2025The interview was all behavioral. I practiced using the Situation, Task, Action, Result method and knowing all of your projects and resume well. The panel was a few people asking questions. There was no presentation.
