First round—jod description explanation follwed by some behavioral questions. Then a couple of technical question, not in detail, just superficial ones.
Second round - very technical with in-depth questioning on process development and techniques.
Easy interview
Application
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Applied Materials in Jun 2011
Interview
I was referred by one of my friend but I also applied online. I got phone interview invitation from 2 different engineering groups via email. There are 5~7 interviewers. It took around 15~20 minutes/each.
The first interviewer was engineering manager, all others were senior engineers.
All interviewers were nice. No difficult questions but they did ask some details about your research project and work experience.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
Briefly introduce your previous research experience, intern experience and work experience.
PhD work summary and instruments skill set check knowledge and some case questions and intern experience and behavior questions about how to work as teams and how to commute with colleagues and some random questions
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Applied Materials (Santa Clara, CA)
Interview
The hiring process first involves a questionnaire that you need to fill in. This interview was for an entry-level role. You would generally have 3 rounds of interviews: HR Screen, Hiring manager, and next could be with the director.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I found the interviewers were very kind, made me feel comfortable. They questioned a lot on my resume, my approach towards finding solutions.