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Senior Process Engineer at Maxim Integrated Products
Posted Feb 12, 2012
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2011 in Beaverton, OR (took 2 months)
First had an on-campus interview with the hiring manager and then invited to an on-site interview. The on-site interview consisted of 4-5 1:1 interviews and a presentation. Although the position was process engineer, they did ask a lot of semiconductors device questions
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Presentation.
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Process Engineer at Maxim Integrated Products
Posted Feb 8, 2012
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2011 (took a day)
The interview was a full day interview from 9am-5pm including a presentation and candidate luncheon. People were very nice and friendly. I got both behavioral and technical questions. The questions weren't too difficult and the interviewer gave hints. The office was a bit aged and depressing.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Presentation.
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Process Engineer at Maxim Integrated Products
Posted Jan 18, 2012
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2.0
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2011 (took 5 months)
Phone interview first, then on-site interview. Mostly technical, quite specific. These people do not have a large picture view, they like to obsess over the little thing they are working on. This makes answering some questions hard if you did not do the exact same thing before that they do.
What surprised me was the honesty of the people who did the interview. Clearly they had not been coached by HR in any way (funny fact: they did not have an HR department for the longest time). Through their honesty I learned the following about Maxim:
1. This company is stingy. And big time so. The managing director still sat on the same chair he got 15 years ago when he started, by the looks of it. Office furniture is old and in need of replacement, but this isn't done to save cost. This is a 2.5 B$ company! Care a little about your employees!
2. The work was described as repetitive and boring by people. I'm not sure how this helps to hire good people.
3. There are little of no growth possibilities, unless you are at HQ (maybe).
4. Everything is centralized and for every little thing signatures at the highest level are required. Unless you are at HQ and have a research position creativity is clearly discouraged.
Overall, I would say it was a bit of an eye opener. I would recommend not working here, unless you have no other options.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Product Definer at Maxim Integrated Products
Posted Dec 6, 2011
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3.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2009 in Sunnyvale, CA (took 8 weeks)
3 phone screens. The first one was fairly friendly and shallow. The second one was very technical and a bit unexpected. The third one was technical but easy.
The on site interview was about 7 hours long with 1 or 2 people at a time. It ranged from the technical to the behavioral and personality check.
As expected, when I asked questions about the company, the replies consisted of very rosy picture ( a bit far from reality).
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Negotiation Details
I was able to negotiate a better salary and sign up bonus. Should have also negotiated a better vacation schedule.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Skills Test, a Personality Test and a Drug Test.
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Director at Maxim Integrated Products
Posted Oct 16, 2011
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3.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2009 (took 4+ weeks)
called by internal recruiter for phone screening, followed by dinner with hiring vice president. This is followed by successive interviews from different departments who assess my capability on leadership, technical competency, organizational skills and cultural fit. After successfully passing this interview offer is given in a week. You are given a week to respond but flexible in starting date depending on your reason.
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Negotiation Details
swift and fast
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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Test Engineer at Maxim Integrated Products
Posted Oct 15, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2010 in San Jose, CA (took a day)
they set up phone interview and during phone interview they send me list o question . its basically rc network and u have to explain its waveform.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Wafer Fabrication Tech IV at Maxim Integrated Products
Posted Sep 20, 2011
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1.0
Very Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jul 2010 (took a day)
The rumour of a new work position opening sparked my interest. I requested an interview based on the experiences I had with other fabs. I realized that the opportunity for growth is very limited in this company but I felt the need to branch out. It did not take long to determine that the position was not to be. But, better than that It did not take long to determine that I did not want the interviewer to have any control over my career or the terms of my employment.
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I applied In-Person and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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RF Applications Engineer at Maxim Integrated Products
Posted Jul 3, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2010 (took 3 days)
I was sent an E-mail asking for my availability, when I agreed on the dates,I had a phone interview with one of the engineers, Started with simple questions and gradually went into extremely complicated and tough questions, Interview went on for about 45 mins at which point I was lost for words. Responded a week later saying that they wanted to move on with other candidates, by the way this was for an entry level position.
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Senior Member of Technical Staff at Maxim Integrated Products
Posted Jun 8, 2011
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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 May 2011 (took a day)
Phone interview. No much to talk about
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Application Engineer at Maxim Integrated Products
Posted May 17, 2011
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3.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2011 in Sunnyvale, CA (took 3 weeks)
Consisted of phone interview that lasted approximately one hour. Interviewer was friendly and asked general questions about resume. He also asked many technical questions which every electrical engineer should know. Interviewer gave a good description about the position being offered as well as what the working environment is like. I was told that I should wait about two weeks for a response but I did not receive any until I followed up and was told position was closed.
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