I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at WD (Fremont, CA) in Apr 2010
Interview
Combination of one on one interview and group interview. There are general questions like tell me about yourself, what did you do in previous job, why do you want to work here. People ask pretty technical questions, many specific to processing and metrology. Not a lot of behavior type of questions. People are not trained on interviewing and interviews are not planned and organized like places such as Intel or AMAT.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe the read write head fabrication process. This is very hard for people outside the thin film head business as it is a unique device to itself, unlike IC process or any MEMS device. It's very complex with dozens of masks
Applied online at Western Digital. Got a reply in about 2-3 weeks. Came in for the interview and was interviewed by HR and 3-4 staff engineers. Contacted me a few weeks later and offered me the job.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Gave a lot of trouble shooting questions/scenarios.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at WD (Fremont, CA)
Interview
Got my resume forwarded by a friend inside the company. Interview was very simple unlike other company interviews I have attended. Just need to know what you have put on your resume. No talk/presentation expected.
