I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Applied Materials (Nit) in Oct 2013
Interview
Campus Recruitment.
Written Test- 50 Questions (25 Technical + 25 Quant.)
The written was easy with avg. quant. and basic questions from technical.
Shortlisting for interview on the basis of the written and the academic performance as well.
Interview comprises of 20-30 minutes technical and if you clear this interview then you have to face HR interview which will last for roughly 10-15 minutes.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Favorite Subjects.
Project Details and questions on it.
Summer Internship Details.
Student must prepare the intern and college projects.
HR interview:
It is taken by a panel consisting of 2-3 technical guys including the person who interviewed you and one HR manager.
It starts by introducing, your hobbies, why you wanna join the firm, what you want to be in future,what did you like in the company presentation or pre-placement talk etc...
Then they will ask some common puzzle questions like;
What are different uses of water bottle kept on the desk?
what are different ways of detecting a needle from a hay stack?
If you were an animal etc.... these questions can be easily found on internet.
I interviewed at Applied Materials (Santa Clara, CA)
Interview
Initial screening at a college career fair. Four straight interviews with different Applied Materials Employees, 1 hour each. Mix of technical and personal questions. Followed by a phone call with hiring manager. Got an offer. Whole process took about 2 weeks.
Interview panel consists of 5 memeber including hr. First they asked me to introduce myself then asked my favourite topic from mechanical engineering I said strength of material then they asked questions how to design pressure vessel which stress is more dominant while designing the vessel
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why to join applied materials and why you want to leave your current company
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Applied Materials
Interview
30 min Behavioral Questions with team manager, 20 min technical questions with each team members.
Most of them was great, manager is really kind.
But, some member from another majors, and ask weird questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Ideal Gas Law,
Basic Stress and strain
Design Philosophy (DfA, DfM, Tol)
Mechanical Design Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Applied Materials with 2.4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 60% positive. To compare, the company-average is 62.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Mechanical Design Engineer roles take an average of 8 days to get hired, when considering 5 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Applied Materials overall takes an average of 22 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Applied Materials as a Mechanical Design Engineer according to 5 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 25%
Skills test: 25%
Background check: 13%
IQ intelligence test: 13%
Personality test: 6%
Presentation: 6%
Group panel interview: 6%
Phone interview: 6%
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