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Applied Materials Staff Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

Updated 20 Feb 2022

Applied Materials Staff Engineer Interview Experiences

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I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed in Aug 2021. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Tell me about your previous experience? What is your current role? Do you have exposure to GD&T? What is the strongest GD&T control?
Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. What is the difference between your previous work experience? What are the challenges you faced when your roles changed?

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be confident, and calm just tell what you have really done.
I personally think it all depends on interviewer, top companies will train their managers on interview skills, so Applied materias is one such company where there is a guideline set for an interviewers.
So they will not make you uncomfortable.

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Staff Engineer Interview Questions & Answers

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posted on 20 Jun 2024

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. C coding round. Reverse the linked list, bit manipulation.
Round 2 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Regarding projects. Windows device driver architecture
  • Q2. KMDF and WDF driver
Round 3 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Managerial round questions
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Coding Test 

Interview is simple and easy... directly went to the in depth questions

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Referral and was interviewed before Sep 2023. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Work experience mentioned in resume
Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Previous work-related question
Round 3 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Why you wanted to join
  • Ans. 

    I wanted to join because of the challenging projects and opportunities for growth.

    • Exciting projects that will push my skills to the next level

    • Opportunities for career advancement and professional development

    • Positive company culture and values align with my own

    • Desire to work with a talented team and learn from experienced engineers

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Where do you see yourselves in 5 years
  • Ans. 

    In 5 years, I see myself as a senior staff engineer leading a team of talented individuals, contributing to innovative projects, and continuously learning and growing in my role.

    • Leading a team of engineers

    • Contributing to innovative projects

    • Continuous learning and growth in role

  • Answered by AI
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed before Jun 2023. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Basic coding, normal editor, windows

Round 2 - Coding Test 

DSA-strings (advanced)

Round 3 - Behavioral 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Discussion about role and projects.
Round 4 - Design Test 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Design a key-value store.
  • Ans. 

    A key-value store is a data storage system that allows users to store, retrieve, and manage data based on unique keys.

    • Use a hash table data structure to store key-value pairs.

    • Implement methods for adding, updating, and deleting key-value pairs.

    • Include features like data replication, sharding, and data partitioning for scalability.

    • Consider data consistency and fault tolerance mechanisms.

    • Examples: Redis, MongoDB, Cassand

  • Answered by AI

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. C++ Related questions
Interview experience
2
Poor
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Keep your resume crisp and to the point. A recruiter looks at your resume for an average of 6 seconds, make sure to leave the best impression.
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Round 2 - Technical 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. It was like discussing the projects and why some technical decision was made. 1-2 coding questions. Only pseudo code.
  • Q2. Discuss the current role
  • Q3. Current project details and experience
Round 3 - Coding Test 

Coding test with few SQL queries.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare for coding test but answers they expect might be different.
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Oct 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Coding round coding round coding round

Round 2 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. How are you doing
  • Q2. What is your name
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
4-6 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Referral and was interviewed before Aug 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. String Manipulation
  • Q2. List of lists and table updation
  • Ans. 

    Updating a list of lists and table in a structured manner.

    • Create a list of lists to store multiple lists of data.

    • Update the lists within the main list as needed.

    • Use a table structure to organize and display the data.

    • Update the table with the latest information from the lists.

  • Answered by AI
Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Write Amplification, Wear leveling basics
  • Ans. 

    Write amplification is the ratio of data written to the SSD to the actual data written by the host. Wear leveling is a technique to distribute write and erase cycles evenly across all blocks of flash memory.

    • Write amplification is a measure of how much data is written to the SSD compared to the actual data written by the host.

    • Wear leveling is a technique used to distribute write and erase cycles evenly across all blocks...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. SSD Architecture

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Referral and was interviewed before May 2022. There were 5 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Don’t add your photo or details such as gender, age, and address in your resume. These details do not add any value.
View all tips
Round 2 - Aptitude Test 

Attitude round would be simple for a campus hiring you would be asked a couple of puzzles in case of campus hiring. It would be more elaborate 45 minutes duration.

Round 3 - Coding Test 

Coding test would consist of life, putting in case of a campus interviews, in case of campus interviews is it would be mostly white board test.

Round 4 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. There would be multiple technical round with the team members and the manager. The topic would be dependent on the experience of the candidate and the focus of the hiring team.
Round 5 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Hey Sir, Roundwood, try to determine the candidates motivation for joining the company and his employment history along with the qualities like collaboration leadership, decision making.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - There is a big emphasis on candidate profile, including the college and Academy record. Since the company has broad product, portfolio managers, five different product divisions, the interview process and questions tend to wary a lot depending on which product division is hiring. The hiring process varies across roles, product, divisions and countries
The best way to get job at the company is through internship for freshers. For the experience, roles referral is the best way to go.

Applied Materials Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Applied Materials Staff Engineer interview?
Applied Materials interview process usually has 2 rounds. The most common rounds in the Applied Materials interview process are Technical.

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