I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Applied Materials (Austin, TX) in Mar 2013
Interview
First Round - Phone Interview. Standard questions regarding resume and experiences. Special interest in ability to work with large data sets as well as visibility to csuite and vendor partners.
Secound Round - In person group interview. The firm DID NOT provide for travel expenses. The interview time was changed on the prior day. The expectation was a series of individual interviews. Instead it was a group interview including adjoining resources Finance etc. At the end of the second round I was asked to prepare a presentation at an appropriate management level for future presentation via Skype.
Following delivery via email of the presentation I have had no response from the firm.
The presentation was never given via Skype etc.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Very difficult to provide answers which addressed all cross functional business groups.
Reconsider the need to provide a future presentation, rather than perhaps using a timed exercise to "complete" the process in an extended session.
in first round asked about the projects in the resumeand about my intrests, second round is a technical round
asked questions on supply chain management,third round is hr round.
it is a very very very bad experience