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Updated Feb 24, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Business Planner at Atmel
Posted Feb 24, 2012
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2011 in San Jose, CA (took 2 weeks)
Easy interview questions. Basically explained my job and academic history.
Phone interview was a piece of cake. Not even sure if it was even an interview. Just basic questions like what I know about the positions and logistical questions.
In person interview was different. It consisted of 3 managers and a director. The HR lady told me the company is a mess and she didnt agree with the compensation process. I was also told that they had trouble hiring as some of the positions were open for half a year and was not filled. I was told the director is great and he trying to change the culture. From the interview, some of the managers were resisting change. The company is hiring more people to run their supply chain yet they just closed out 2-3 fabs and outsourced the fab work yet their ar hirng more... I think the new people that they hired will eventually "replace" some of the older ones. Anyways.
What I didnt like was that they wanted the nitty gritty details of some of my projects. Realize that some of work I've done was confidential and proprietary. After I gave them the details, they wanted more. What was worse was one of the managers started disagreeing with me. Who argues and disagrees with a person they interview? Its MY job history, not theirs to agree on. If they didnt like what I did, thats fine, but to disagree with what I did was odd. The manager also complained that he tried to do some of the work I've done in the past yet failed at it and was surprised what I did, did not require certification of a certain subject matter. Overall the panel interview was a negative experience. Even one of the other panel interviewers had to ask the manager to stop complaining and ranting. Awesome people. The 3rd manager had a different demenor, he was relaxed and basically wanted to see my potential. The director didnt show up for the interview. I wonder if I was just that bad or he didnt have time. Anyways, I still found it unprofessional when interviewers do not show up.
I received an email a week later saying that they made an offer to another candidate. Just for the heck of it, I emailed them back and thanked them but asked them how they came to that conclusion when they didnt finish my interview. no response, figures.
Same thing happened to a friend who applied. He interviewed and spent 2 hours talking to them, and he was told straight up that they cannot sponsor him. thats after wasting 2 hours of his time. He later contacted HR and the HR lady did something stupid and told him what happened. Dumb move by Atmel. After bad interviews with BS interviews. That was our conclusion. While I am not going to explain the details of what we discovered after the process. All I can say was some racially motivated factors.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Marketing Manager at Atmel
Posted Oct 11, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2010 in San Jose, CA (took 1 week)
Initial phone screen was typical HR fluff questions. Who doesn't know how to answer those now?
Long process of 1:1 interviews over 4 days.
People were pretty intelligent and asked good probing questions. Not adversarial or aggressive like other companies.
Culture seemed fairly balanced toward working hard and having a life, too.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Background Check.
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Software Engineer at Atmel
Posted Apr 26, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2011 in San Jose, CA (took 2 days)
Asked Questions from Project or previous experience
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I got the interview through a Staffing Agency and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Human Resources at Atmel
Posted Aug 17, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jul 2010 in San Jose, CA (took 5 days)
20 minute phone screen, 3 emails
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I got the interview through a Staffing Agency and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Finance at Atmel
Posted Jun 2, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2008 (took a day)
All interviews were conviniently scheduled in 1 day. Formal employment contract took a long time to finalize as it awaited the CEO's review.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Background Check.
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SAP Basis Administrator at Atmel
Posted Dec 1, 2009
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2009 (took 4+ weeks)
The first round of the interview was a walk-in interview. I was in the middle of my work when i got out and went for the interview. The first round, i was interviewed by the Senior Manager. Not a technical interview but roughly a screening purposes. The second interview was a technical interview by another technical manager over the phone. All seem to work well and i received the job.
I had to turn down the offer as the package were not even 80% as expected.
Two weeks later they came back to me and asked either i was willing to go through another group/panel interview to justify the package i asked. I agreed and now i have accepted the offer.
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I applied In-Person and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Background Check.
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