The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Applied Materials in Apr 2009
Interview
I was invited to AMAT for a site interview for a process engineer position. I have interviewed with 5 people from different departments. All of them had the same list of questions in front of them that was prepared by the HR department. After the first 2 interviews, I started repeating myself since they were asking the same questions. Although the people I met were technical, I wasn't asked any technical questions (except one). Even though I thought I did well, I didn't get an offer. I tried contacting my interviewers to get feedback but never heard back from them.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Culture is very important to get things done. Tell me about a time where you used the culture to get things done?
First round—jod description explanation follwed by some behavioral questions. Then a couple of technical question, not in detail, just superficial ones.
Second round - very technical with in-depth questioning on process development and techniques.
PhD work summary and instruments skill set check knowledge and some case questions and intern experience and behavior questions about how to work as teams and how to commute with colleagues and some random questions
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Applied Materials (Santa Clara, CA)
Interview
The hiring process first involves a questionnaire that you need to fill in. This interview was for an entry-level role. You would generally have 3 rounds of interviews: HR Screen, Hiring manager, and next could be with the director.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I found the interviewers were very kind, made me feel comfortable. They questioned a lot on my resume, my approach towards finding solutions.