I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Applied Materials (Santa Clara, CA)
Interview
Campus recruiting, one round on campus, one round on site. Quick and easy. Mostly takes about your research and engineering experience. Good to have an internship to talk about entering the interview. On campus recruiting was a panel interview with 3 guys. Then one on one with hiring manager and then a director. Nothing out of the blue, very straight forward. Salary negotiable, should take advantage of it.
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.