I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at KLA
Interview
It started as a phone-interview session.
Started with C++: the routine testing on fundamentals of C++: vtable, rule of three.
Design Patterns: Singleton. Can you code it in C++? If yes, then what about destructors?
Data Structures: PhoneBook problem.
Next 1:1 round went in programming related to Linked Lists, Merging Sorted arrays.
Next 1:1 round: Open question in Large Data duplication: issues,scenarios,solutions.
Group Interview round: Basics of C: different types of pointers: near,far,huge?
How about handling large numbers? How to add/subtract them?
Multi-dimensional arrays?
I applied online. I interviewed at KLA (Singapore) in Apr 2026
Interview
HR started a friendly call and email interview set-up with the hiring team in a week. But from there, everything went downhill. HR asked for my past payslips in the beginning and I wasn't even interviewed yet. It was the first redflag. Then, HR gets quiet after receiving my expected salary. The interview itself was the worst. The interviewer was distracted, kept thinking and mumbling about her meetings. She was not a true software engineer because she couldn't accept that there can be multiple solutions to a problem.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Example code review and application development concepts
I applied through a staffing agency. I interviewed at KLA (Migdal Ha`Emeq) in Jan 2026
Interview
The interview was a group interview, I was interviewed twice. The first interview was easy with two problems that I had to solve. The second interview was with a team manager, half in English.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Write a function in C that accepts a byte and returns how many ones there are in one byte.
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at KLA (Coimbatore) in Dec 2025
Interview
We had a hackathon for two days in which iterative shortlistings was done to select the people. Before this, a basic coding round where 2 questions were asked. Those who were shortlisted went into the hackathon process. Two rounds of hackathon spanned over 2 days happened and the results were announced at the end of day 2.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked a hackathon question that involved wafers and dies - based on semiconductor industry.
