I applied online. I interviewed at Lam Research in Jan 2025
Interview
Got an interview invite the day after I submitted my resume. First, it's a 20-minute phone screen. Got a text from HR by the end of the day, informing me that I'll be invited on-site.
On-site was a 50-minute presentation about my PhD work and three-panel interviews with multiple people. The onsite can be quite intense, got a lot of questions, some are really detailed about the research, and some are open-ended which requires a lot of instant thinking.
The position focuses on hardware and requires hardware troubleshooting experience. I'd definitely recommend emphasizing this if you were invited for an interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If we were to commercialize your instrument, what can we do to make sure we could make 10 exact the same products?
I had a positive interview experience with a clear and organized process. The interviewers were respectful, engaging, and genuinely interested in my experience. I especially appreciated the focus on real-world problem solving and collaboration. Overall, it gave me a good impression of the team and company culture.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Which step of 8D do you think is the most important?
Had an initial screening call and then a Teams interview. The initial screening call was 20 min, and the entire Teams interview was 7 rounds of 30 min each.
Ghosted after that
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Principal component analysis and an example to answer it.
GOOD, ask some behavior questions, like how to deal with conflits or disagree with colleagues. Don; have too many technique detials, Just talk about previous research experiences, like phd research