Not a friendly environment
Not a friendly environment
Pay is above industry baseline, but if converting to hourly, it may not be worthy.
The manager will micro-control every minute of your daily time spent. It’s not a safe environment to give out opinions and suggestions. Even taking a vacation will impact your performance review.
TSMC is building a fab in the USA, but 95% of the managers are local Taiwanese. All of them have been influenced by military-like culture for more than 10 years. Most of them refuse to adopt US culture because that is not how they reached their high-level positions. It will require more US managers to build a fusion culture.
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TSMC Interview Experiences
Senior Engineer
I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 5 weeks. It will have 2 interviews: * 1st interview with HR * 2nd interview with the section manager (1 from Taiwan, 1 from Japan) After that, HR decides the salary and discusses it with you.
Senior Engineer
Depends on your job scope. For engineers, they will ask questions based on your background. For managers, they will ask what kind of projects you have led before.
Equipment Engineer
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. Two interviews with managers and members of the team. The interview was mainly focused on different behavioral questions and deep dive questions about your resume. Be prepared to talk and explain about you
Senior Engineer
Kumamoto, Kumamoto, JapanMay 30, 2026I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 5 weeks. It will have 2 interviews: * 1st interview with HR * 2nd interview with the section manager (1 from Taiwan, 1 from Japan) After that, HR decides the salary and discusses it with you.
Senior Engineer
TaipeiJanuary 1, 2013Depends on your job scope. For engineers, they will ask questions based on your background. For managers, they will ask what kind of projects you have led before.
Equipment Engineer
Phoenix, Arizona, United StatesAugust 1, 2026I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. Two interviews with managers and members of the team. The interview was mainly focused on different behavioral questions and deep dive questions about your resume. Be prepared to talk and explain about you
