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      Launch Engineer Interview

      21 Jan 2020
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Irvine, CA
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at WD (Irvine, CA) in Nov 2019

      Interview

      3 - 45 min. interviews, split between projects and technical questions. Asked about OOP concepts (linked list), C programming (malloc, heap, stack, pointers) , computer OS (interrupts), oscilloscope. Engineers were nice but not very talkative.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      What is the difference between a microcontroller and microprocessor?
      Answer question
      1

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      Launch Engineer Interview

      3 Nov 2019
      Anonymous employee
      Milpitas, CA
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied through university. I interviewed at WD (Milpitas, CA)

      Interview

      There were 4 interviews. Mainly went through the resume. A few technical questions that were pretty basic. Mostly behavioral questions. Everyone was super nice and explained the work they performed.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Mainly questions associated with the resume.
      Answer question
      4

      Launch Engineer Interview

      9 Jan 2020
      Anonymous employee
      San Jose, CA
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at WD (San Jose, CA) in Nov 2019

      Interview

      Start: OCT 2019 I applied online for the Launch Engineering, Master students. 1- In a week, I got an email to schedule a phone interview 2- They called me; very simple and straightforward resume questions by a very nice HR 3- Called me in a week that they have a super interview next week, and they are going to fly me to San Jose 4- Got me a flight and offered me a hotel and a rental car 5- Interviews from 9 to 12. There were four interviews back to back with different engineering teams (With potential teammates and managers separately.) There were no HR interviews on this day 6- They showed interest in my work during the interview, but they were more into my attitude towards problem-solving 7- Got a call in less than a week; they offered me a Job! End: NOV 2019 Good luck! P.S. VERY, I cannot stress this enough, VERY friendly people there.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Are you more of an engineer or a researcher?
      Answer question
      4

      Launch Engineer Interview

      5 Nov 2019
      Anonymous employee
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied through university. I interviewed at WD

      Interview

      I talked to them at a campus job fair, after that I applied online. HR phone call after applying online, then assessment quiz, then onsite with 4 interviews onsite interview lasted about 2 hours about 30 mins each.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Why WD?
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