I applied online. I interviewed at Applied Materials (Santa Clara, CA) in Jun 2017
Interview
I was contacted by the hiring manager for a first tech round. It was basic string and array problems. At the end of the phone call I was told they would like to fly me for an onsite . During my onsite I had 4 interviews with developers from different teams. All of them were well experienced and had a sound knowldege on c/c++. I was mostly tested on c and c++. I was tested on algo problems and writing test cases. It was a good experience altogether
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Applied Materials (Bengaluru) in Jun 2017
Interview
Online test. If passed coding test, two technical rounds on the same day. HR scheduled an online test. After the pass confirmation, the HR called for other rounds over the weekend.
Gave a question paper with 4 java questions with 1 hour time limit. Followed by two rounds of one on one discussions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I was given access to the online test.Submitted the test the day before and the next day got a confirmation and got the test and the interviews scheduled. Coding test consists of 4 technical problems.
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Applied Materials (Santa Clara, CA) in Feb 2017
Interview
Invited to onsite interview in Santa Clara. Networking session the night before interviews. I interviewed with 3 different people: Two were Mechanical Engineering managers and one was a previous Process Engineer. All the three were now in higher positions. All interviews were about 30 min each and back-to-back. Nothing very difficult. Mostly going off my resume, asked me some technical questions, asked what I knew about semi-conductors and etc.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They drew basic GD&T on a white board and asked me what it meant in an engineering drawing