I applied on Tuesday and received a response from the hiring manager that same afternoon. We scheduled a 30-minute interview for Wednesday, which went very well. To my surprise, I received a verbal offer on Thursday. The entire process moved incredibly quickly, going from application to offer in just three days.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Can you please describe your weakness and strength
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Applied Materials in June 2014
Interview
Director of the group called me and asked technical questions based on my resume.
I got another call after a week and wanted me for an on-site interview within 3-4 days.
Staffs were courteous. The asked very general questions.
Explain in brief your PhD research.
Did you ever have any difficulty and if any, how you solved.
There was no technical questions except how AFM and SEM works.
Two weeks later got an email requiring to send background consent form and two weeks later I got the offer.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Applied Materials (Santa Clara, CA) in Aug 2025
Interview
HR contacted me and arranged a meeting with the hiring manager. I had a 30-minute interview where, after introducing myself, I was asked mostly behavioral questions. Unfortunately, I haven’t received any feedback since then.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How to convince others when you have different opinions?
1st round is phone screen by the manager.
2nd round has a 20min presentation+ one to one interviews with 3 engineers in the team and with the manager. all remotely
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you solve problem? Why you are interested in semiconductor industry? How do you think about doing low value thing vs high value things