I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Applied Materials (Santa Clara, CA) in Mar 2009
Interview
As a Ph.D. student I applied to Applied Materials through a job fair and could not get an on campus interview for a couple of reasons due to the Universities policy. I did not think about them until 6 months later when I got a call from a recruiter to have a phone interview. I passed the phone interview and was asked to come to California for an interview event. There were about 60 candidates at the interview event ranging from bachelor to Ph.D. The first day they told us about the company and gave us a tour. The second day were interviews. I had 6 interviews that day and others had anywhere between 1 and 6. The next day they called and offered me a job.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
No difficult or unexpected questions. Mostly they were all behavioral type questions supplemented with questions about my research.
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.