I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at AMD (San Jose, CA) in Apr 2012
Interview
standard interview process with 6 rounds of interviews. questions were analytical and testing related on a system level. hr contacted after the interview almost after a week
they are looking for people who can grasp various technical concepts and also technically strong
automation experience in lagnuages such as python, perl was recommended
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
analytical questions, test plan writing, documentation, customer interaction experience
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at AMD (Austin, TX) in Oct 2020
Interview
Due to COVID-19 all my interviews were done online. Through an employee referral, I went through three rounds of interviews.
First one was 30 minutes, very casual and not technical. Explained my research interests and background.
Second one was 1 hour, more technical. Again explained my interests and background, had some technical questions related to my work to test my competency in optimizing software.
Third round consisted of three back to back 1 hour long interviews followed by a 1 hour meeting with the manager. Much deeper dive into my background on HPC, scientific application, and programming. Equal mix of technical and behavioral questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Questions are specific depending on your background, mine covered the following topics:
- MPI basics
- Optimizing GPU kernels
- Coupling C/C++ and FORTRAN codes
- Transposing a 2D pointer array
- Roofline model analysis