KLA-Tencor Interview Questions & Reviews
Updated May 25, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Applications Engineer at KLA-Tencor
Posted Sep 21, 2010 — 2 of 2 people found this helpful
2.0
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2010 in Chennai (India) (took 3 weeks)
I applied through Linkedin and got a call on the same day from HR and was screened by the HR. Then HR scheduled an interview. Each phone interview was of 30 mns duration.
1st Phone Interview - Went well. Basically they were looking for travel frequency and questions were mostly related to job description. Situational questions were asked. I cleared the 1st round and was scheduled 2nd phone interview.
2nd Phone interview - This was a technical round. It was related to my CV. I cleared the round.
3rd Phone interview - This was a behavioural round and was aked question on situations and also in regard to the travel. I cleared this round as well
4th Phone interview - This was based on management and leadership. This interview was conducted by an engineer from California.
I am still not sure what they were looking for after so many rounds of phone interviews.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Applications Engineer at KLA-Tencor
Posted Sep 19, 2010 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2010 in San Jose, CA (took 3 days)
First, phone interview. Questions on my research (semiconductor, analog circuit)
Second, on site interview. Bunch of questions not much related to electrical engineering. basically demonstrated what i have done.
*i graduated from BSEE, MSEE from an accredited engineering school
Other Details
The interview consisted of a Background Check, a Skills Test, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a 1:1 Interview and a Phone Interview.
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Alrorithm Manager at KLA-Tencor
Posted Sep 14, 2010
3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2008 in Milpitas, CA (took a day)
I was asked to prepare a presentation about my experience and past work. After the presentation, all the listeners plus some other people have 1:1 interviews with me. One of th einterviews I had was at the lunch, and after that all conference rooms turned out to be occupied and we continued with the interview at the cantine what made one of the interviewers really pissed off. This interviewer was the only one who really was asking me skill-related questions. Others prefer to talk about my experience and the project I was interviewed for.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Skills Test, a Presentation, a Group/Panel Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Engineering Associate at KLA-Tencor
Posted Sep 10, 2010
2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2010 (took 2 weeks)
called by the company recruiting staff, and was confirmed about the applicationa and followed by schedule of interview. When got there, gave me test perhaps like skill test for technical, related to computers and doing PM. The intrerviewed was most likely personal interview and type normal descriptions of the current job. and asking repeated questions if willing and ready for overtime.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Skills Test.
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Applications Engineer at KLA-Tencor
Posted Aug 18, 2010 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jul 2010 in San Jose, CA (took a day)
Onsite after one phone interview. There were five interviewers, 30 min with each one. And there is a skill test, which is an image processing problem. The interviews are mixed with IQ test and behavior questions, and they want learn about your personality and interpersonal skills since they are looking for applications engineer instead of researcher.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Skills Test.
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Applications Engineer at KLA-Tencor
Posted Aug 5, 2010
4.0
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jul 2010 (took 3 weeks)
Ask about the background, introduce myself, and one technical question and one estimated question. Technical question is how to build copper line in semiconductor device.
The estimated question is how many quarters can fill a building.
Describe the career training and career path in this position.
Interview Questions
The estimated question is how many quarters can fill a building.
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Applications Engineer at KLA-Tencor
Posted Jun 30, 2010 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jun 2010 in Hopewell Junction, NY (took a day)
seven 1:1 talk to people who work there. They introduced their companies and their roles and let me ask them questions.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Applications Engineer at KLA-Tencor
Posted May 13, 2010 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
3.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2010 in San Jose, CA (took 2 weeks)
inital it was a phone interview which was mostly hr like work flexibility, PR skills, travel, describe project in detail, to a layman. after this a on site interview where they gave a skill test on image proessing technique which they described before. after this 4 one on one interviews like describe project, travel, why want to work here
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The interview consisted of a Skills Test, a 1:1 Interview and a Phone Interview.
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Human Resources at KLA-Tencor
Posted May 10, 2010
3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2010 (took a day)
The company arranged the flight from east coast to San Jose very inconveniently. I spent 16 hours on the way to San Jose and on the way back, and I felt so exhaustd after the interviews. Interviewers asked some repetitive questions. In general it really hurts the reputation among students in our program.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Phone Interview.
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Software Engineer at KLA-Tencor
Posted Apr 14, 2010
3.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2010 (took a day)
face to face interview
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Negotiation Details
no negotieation
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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