I applied online. I interviewed at Applied Materials (Santa Clara, CA) in May 2026
Interview
Interview was initial call with hiring manager to gather information about my experiences and the requirements of the role. I had made a presentation about my education, experiences related to the role to answer why I was fit for the particular role.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Applied Materials in Jun 2024
Interview
I had a phone interview with the hiring manager. He set up 3 interviews with other 3 hiring managers. 2 technical and 1 behavioural interviews. I liked their questions, personality and discussions.
I applied online. I interviewed at Applied Materials (Santa Ana, CA) in Feb 2021
Interview
Got a screening call 3 months after applying. This was a straightforward interview with a few fluid mechanics/gas dynamics related questions.
2 weeks later I got a call for 2nd round, which had 5 video call technical interviews of 30 mins each (with VP, engineering director, etc.). 30 min slots felt too short for any meaningful discussion as some of the interviewers joined the call late.
The hiring manager however seemed genuinely interested during the interview and interviewed me for 30 min extra. Interview questions were moderately difficult. They told me that I will hear back a Yes or No in a month's time.
Seeing the interest shown by hiring manager, I was very optimistic about getting the job. But the hiring manager never got back to me. I emailed him TWICE to check the status of my application, but he didn't have the decency to reply.
So overall, the experience was awful. I spent a full day going through the interview process, the hiring manager himself spent more than an hour on my interview, but he did not care to spend 2 mins to send me status update on the application.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Most interviewers asked very specific questions related to the semiconductor industry (vapor deposition etc.), which won't really help them evaluate my expertise as I have no prior experience in that industry. The hiring manager asked interesting questions related to fundamentals of fluid mechanics, heat transfer, and turbulence, which definitely would help them evaluate me.