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      • Senior Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at WD with 2.6 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 75% positive. To compare, the company-average is 61.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
      • Candidates applying for Senior Engineer roles take an average of 17 days to get hired, when considering 18 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at WD overall takes an average of 23 days.
      • Common stages of the interview process at WD as a Senior Engineer according to 18 Glassdoor interviews include:

        One on one interview:  26%

        Phone interview:  17%

        Background check:  11%

        Personality test:  9%

        Group panel interview:  9%

        Skills test:  9%

        Drug test:  6%

        Presentation:  6%

        IQ intelligence test:  6%

        Other:  2%

      • Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -

        1. Staff Engineer(214) ;
        2. Senior Engineer(180) ;
        3. Principal Engineer(152) ;
        4. Engineer(151) ;
        5. Software Engineer(111) ;
        6. Firmware Engineer(107) ;
        7. Senior Software Engineer(80) ;
        8. Intern(79) ;
        9. Technologist(64) ;
        10. Director(51) ;
        11. Senior Manager(50) ;
        12. Test Engineer(44) ;
        13. Manager(43) ;
        14. Senior Firmware Engineer(36) ;
        15. Internship(34) .


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      Senior Engineer Interview

      Oct 1, 2009
      Anonymous employee
      Petaling Jaya

      Other Senior Engineer Interview Reviews for WD

      Senior Engineer Interview

      Mar 30, 2026
      Anonymous employee
      San Jose, CA
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at WD (Petaling Jaya) in Jan 2009

      Interview

      good and nice guys

      Interview questions [2]

      Question 1

      describe yourself and background
      1 Answer

      Question 2

      how many company you have working with of rpast???
      Answer question
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at WD (San Jose, CA)

      Interview

      Recruiter contacted and did a regular screening, had a phone interview with the manager, then spoke with multiple team members and the team director on the same day. Speaking with the team was split between team fit and technical questions

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      What is the range of wavelength used for photo
      Answer question

      Senior Engineer Interview

      Sep 24, 2025
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Batu Kawan
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at WD (Batu Kawan) in Aug 2025

      Interview

      It started off with phone screening. Next, I was invited for an online interview with the hiring manager. Just need to introduce and describe yourself. Lastly, an online interview with the technical team. They asked technical questions that can be quite challenging.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      How do you design an API?
      Answer question

      Senior Engineer Interview

      Dec 25, 2024
      Anonymous employee
      Batu Kawan
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at WD (Batu Kawan)

      Interview

      having 2 session of interview. First touch on personality and second touch on technical things. Interesting interview session and please be prepare on second interview session which is discuss in depth of technical things and your expertise

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      How 3D nand memory works
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