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Updated 26 Jun 2024

Applied Materials Technical Lead Interview Experiences

3 interviews found

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

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed before Feb 2023. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. C++ polymorphism tricky questions
  • Q2. Simple linked list code
  • Ans. 

    Implement a simple linked list code

    • Define a Node struct with data and next pointer

    • Implement functions to insert, delete, and traverse the linked list

    • Handle edge cases like empty list or deleting the last node

  • Answered by AI
Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. STL , threads c++
Round 3 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Managerial round

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for Applied Materials Technical Lead interview:
  • C++
  • threads
  • Semiconductor

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Recruitment Consulltant and was interviewed before Jun 2023. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Implement vector using c++

Interview Preparation Tips

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Intel user image Manikanta Nallamalli (Mittu)

posted on 5 Dec 2017

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Dec 2017. There was 0 interview round.

Interview Preparation Tips

General Tips: Round 1: Resume screening. They shortlisted 96 people for the personal Interviews as they have the large requirement. Visiting profiles: Software + Hardware. Location: Bangalore

Round 2: Technical Interview

It was a grilling round of total 1 hr 45min. The interviewer seems so cool and has lots of patience. He was so keen on listening to all the words.

1. Tell me about your M.Tech project?
2. Tell me about your M.Tech Mini Project?
3. How would you design an efficient digital traffic light signal system?
4. Which part of the memory is allocated, when malloc and calloc are called for any variable?
5. How would you measure the stack space without using the task manager, when an application is running on a computer? Write an algorithm if possible!!!
6. When a game is running on a computer, what are the resources it will use on a computer? Firmware, Middleware, drivers, Application characteristics, stack
7. Rate yourself in C and C++?
8. What is a virtual function?
9. What is an Inline function?
10. What is the difference between malloc and calloc?
11. Tell me about the storage classes and their memory allocation?
12. Difference between int* const c and const int* c?
13. What is the virtual memory?
14. What is an abstract class and what is the use of it?
15. What is the difference between new and malloc?
16. What are cache and TLB?
17. If you're joined in Intel and was given a cubicle to work, which is far away from your department. How would you feel?
18. Continuation of Q.17, You agreed to stay away from the working department. Two months later, new joinees are given the cubicles to work, inside the department and still, you're working in the lab allotted initially. Now, how will you feel?
19. How would you test a black box using new test cases, given results for old test cases?
20. What are the precautions to consider while installing a new software on a new server? Check whether server is correct or not first and then start installation process
21. How would you check whether stack space is overflowed or not?
22. A simple code on brute force approach, Given a hotel check-in and checkOut list(of a month) containing a number of persons check-in and checkOut on each and every day, find out the days which has maximum check-in and maximum CheckOut?
23. A psychometric question, If your colleague who is a very close friend, is not following the code and conduct of the firm. What would you do, Whether you will report to the higher officials or not(Reporting to higher officials would break the friendship bond)?

Actually, I forgot many of the questions asked during the Interview. Overall, the interviewer was so helpful in giving the hints when required.

Round 3: Hr round- 20min interview

Tell me about your recent project?
Why Intel?
How many interviews do you have today apart from Intel?
What are your Preference departments in Intel?
Finale 33 placed(software+hardware)! I was one among them and I was selected for the software domain.
Tips: Go through all the OS concepts, Memory Management concepts
Skills: Basic C/C++, MMU, OS, Communication, Problem Solving, Decision Making Skills
College Name: IIT Kharagpur

I appeared for an interview before Apr 2021.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

(2 Questions)

Round duration - 75 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

This was an online coding round where I had 2 questions to solve under 75 minutes. Both the coding questions were of Medium to Hard level of difficulty.

  • Q1. 

    Smallest Window Problem Statement

    Given two strings, S and X, your task is to find the smallest substring in S that contains all the characters present in X.

    Example:

    Input:
    S = "abdd"
    X = "bd"
    Output:
    ...
  • Ans. 

    Find the smallest substring in S that contains all characters in X.

    • Use a sliding window approach to find the smallest substring in S that contains all characters in X.

    • Keep track of the characters in X using a hashmap.

    • Move the window by adjusting the start and end pointers until all characters in X are found.

    • Return the smallest substring encountered.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. 

    K - Sum Path In A Binary Tree

    Given a binary tree where each node contains an integer value, and a value 'K', your task is to find all the paths in the binary tree such that the sum of the node values in ...

  • Ans. 

    Find all paths in a binary tree where the sum of node values equals a given value 'K'.

    • Traverse the binary tree using DFS and keep track of the current path and its sum.

    • At each node, check if the current sum equals 'K' and add the path to the result.

    • Continue traversal to the left and right child nodes recursively.

    • Return the list of paths that sum up to 'K'.

  • Answered by AI
Round 2 - Video Call 

(4 Questions)

Round duration - 60 Minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

This round had 2 questions of DS/Algo to solve under 60 minutes and 2 questions related to Operating Systems.

  • Q1. 

    Validate Partial Binary Search Tree (BST) Problem Statement

    You are provided with a binary tree containing 'N' nodes. Your task is to determine if this tree is a Partial Binary Search Tree (BST). Return t...

  • Ans. 

    Validate if a binary tree is a Partial Binary Search Tree (BST) by checking if each node's left subtree contains nodes with data less than or equal to the node's data, and each node's right subtree contains nodes with data greater than or equal to the node's data.

    • Check if each node's left subtree follows BST property (data <= node's data) and right subtree follows BST property (data >= node's data)

    • Recursively che...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. 

    Longest Increasing Subsequence Problem Statement

    Given an array of integers with 'N' elements, determine the length of the longest subsequence where each element is greater than the previous element. This...

  • Ans. 

    Find the length of the longest strictly increasing subsequence in an array of integers.

    • Use dynamic programming to solve this problem efficiently.

    • Initialize an array to store the length of the longest increasing subsequence ending at each index.

    • Iterate through the array and update the length of the longest increasing subsequence for each element.

    • Return the maximum value in the array as the result.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. Can you define process and threads in operating systems?
  • Ans. 

    Processes are instances of a program in execution, while threads are lightweight processes within a process.

    • A process is a program in execution, with its own memory space and resources.

    • Threads are lightweight processes within a process, sharing the same memory space and resources.

    • Processes are independent of each other, while threads within the same process can communicate and share data.

    • Example: A web browser running ...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q4. What are the different types of semaphores?
  • Ans. 

    Different types of semaphores include binary semaphores, counting semaphores, and mutex semaphores.

    • Binary semaphores: Can only have two states - 0 or 1. Used for mutual exclusion.

    • Counting semaphores: Can have multiple states. Used for managing resources with limited capacity.

    • Mutex semaphores: Similar to binary semaphores but with additional features like priority inheritance.

    • Named semaphores: Can be shared between proc...

  • Answered by AI
Round 3 - Video Call 

(3 Questions)

Round duration - 60 Minutes
Round difficulty - Hard

In this round, I was asked 3 coding questions out of which I had to implement the first two and for the last question I was only asked the optimal approach. The main challenge in this round was to implement the first two questions in a production ready manner without any bugs and so I had to spent some time thinking about some Edge Cases which were important with respect to the question.

  • Q1. 

    Next Greater Element Problem Statement

    You are given an array arr of length N. For each element in the array, find the next greater element (NGE) that appears to the right. If there is no such greater ele...

  • Ans. 

    The task is to find the next greater element for each element in an array to its right, if no greater element exists, return -1.

    • Use a stack to keep track of elements for which the next greater element is not found yet.

    • Iterate through the array from right to left and pop elements from the stack until a greater element is found.

    • Store the next greater element for each element in a separate array.

    • If the stack is empty afte...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. 

    Power Set Generation

    Given a sorted array of 'N' integers, your task is to generate the power set for this array. Each subset of this power set should be individually sorted.

    A power set of a set 'ARR' i...

  • Ans. 

    Generate power set of a sorted array of integers with individually sorted subsets.

    • Use recursion to generate all possible subsets by including or excluding each element in the array.

    • Sort each subset before adding it to the power set.

    • Handle base case when all elements have been considered to add the subset to the power set.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. 

    Counting Sort Problem Statement

    Ninja is learning about sorting algorithms, specifically those that do not rely on comparisons. Can you help Ninja implement the counting sort algorithm?

    Example:

    Input:
    ...
  • Ans. 

    Implement counting sort algorithm to sort an array of integers without comparisons.

    • Count the frequency of each element in the input array.

    • Create a prefix sum array to determine the position of each element in the sorted array.

    • Iterate through the input array and place each element in its correct position based on the prefix sum array.

    • Time complexity of counting sort is O(n+k), where n is the number of elements and k is

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Eligibility criteriaAbove 7 CGPACadence Design Systems interview preparation:Topics to prepare for the interview - Data Structures, Algorithms, OS, DBMS, Aptitude, OOPSTime required to prepare for the interview - 4 MonthsInterview preparation tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Must do Previously asked Interview as well as Online Test Questions.
Tip 2 : Go through all the previous interview experiences from Codestudio and Leetcode.
Tip 3 : Do at-least 2 good projects and you must know every bit of them.

Application resume tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Have at-least 2 good projects explained in short with all important points covered.
Tip 2 : Every skill must be mentioned.
Tip 3 : Focus on skills, projects and experiences more.

Final outcome of the interviewSelected

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. Please go through the basics questions and programs.
  • Q2. C#, SQL, Html, angular, asp.net, asp.net mvc basic questions

I appeared for an interview before Sep 2020.

Round 1 - Video Call 

(1 Question)

Round duration - 45 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

Its a zoom call interview which lasted for 45 minutes. initially there are two panel members in which one is very targetting at me. They asked me different type of questions like jumping from DSA to project then to python then again java. Its a mixed combo pack type interview. for each and every question they asked me the real time example. The discussion on my project lasted for 15-20 mins.

  • Q1. 

    Count Set Bits Problem Statement

    Given a positive integer N, compute the total number of '1's in the binary representation of all numbers from 1 to N. Return this count modulo 1e9+7 because the result can...

  • Ans. 

    Count the total number of set bits in the binary representation of numbers from 1 to N modulo 1e9+7.

    • Use bitwise operations to count the set bits in each number from 1 to N.

    • Keep track of the total set bits and return the result modulo 1e9+7.

    • Optimize the solution to handle large values of N efficiently.

    • Consider using dynamic programming or precomputing values for faster computation.

  • Answered by AI
Round 2 - Video Call 

Round duration - 30 mins
Round difficulty - Easy

This round was a zoom interview. The interview started with my brief introduction. This time the interview was more interested in my hobbies and passions. He asked me what do you do to keep yourself updated with the latest technology trends?

Interview Preparation Tips

Professional and academic backgroundI applied for the job as SDE - 1 in HyderabadEligibility criteriaAbove 8CGPAMicron Technology interview preparation:Topics to prepare for the interview - Apptitude, C, Java, Data Structures and Algorithms, DBMSTime required to prepare for the interview - 2 monthsInterview preparation tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Do participate in all the coding contests, long challenges held by codechef, codeforces
Tip 2 : Practice all kinds of problems on leetcode, gfg, coding ninjas
Tip 3 : When you are writing a written exam for a particular company, make sure you get to know about the company in detail.

Application resume tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Make your resume short and sweet(mostly 1 page, max 2 pages) is preferred.
Tip 2 : Make sure your resume is crisp rather than descriptive
Tip 3 : Do not lie on your resume

Final outcome of the interviewSelected

Skills evaluated in this interview

I appeared for an interview in Sep 2017.

Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. Find the sum of two numbers without using any mathematical operarors.
  • Ans. 

    Use bitwise operations to find the sum of two numbers without using mathematical operators.

    • Use bitwise XOR to find the sum of two numbers without carrying.

    • Use bitwise AND and left shift to find the carry.

    • Repeat the process until there is no carry left.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Delete a node from linked list when we are given a reference to the node. But the head pointer is not given.
  • Ans. 

    To delete a node from a linked list when only given a reference to the node, we can copy the data of the next node to the given node and delete the next node.

    • Copy the data of the next node to the given node

    • Update the next pointer of the given node to skip the next node

    • Delete the next node

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Technical Interview
Tips: Strong understanding and thorough knowledge of C programming.

College Name: IIT Madras

Skills evaluated in this interview

Software Engineer Interview Questions & Answers

Intel user image Niranjhana Narayanan

posted on 4 Dec 2016

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Dec 2016. There were 5 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. Why UDP and not TCP in project
  • Ans. 

    UDP is preferred over TCP in this project due to its low latency and lightweight nature.

    • UDP is a connectionless protocol, which means it does not establish a direct connection between the sender and receiver.

    • UDP is faster than TCP as it does not have the overhead of establishing and maintaining a connection.

    • UDP is suitable for applications where real-time data transmission is crucial, such as video streaming or online ...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. How would you clear the 7th bit in a 32 bit register
  • Ans. 

    To clear the 7th bit in a 32-bit register, perform a bitwise AND operation with a mask that has all bits set to 1 except the 7th bit.

    • Create a mask with the 7th bit set to 0 and all other bits set to 1

    • Perform a bitwise AND operation between the register and the mask

    • Store the result back in the register

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: Questions were based on C concepts, given piece of code, find error, output, etc then data structures, bit manipulation, a few aptitude questions were also there (around 5-7).
Tips: Practice aptitude, C, data structures (geeksforgeeks.org is a good source).
Duration: 1 hour
Total Questions: 30

Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: I was asked to explain project in detail, I had done projects on embedded, so was asked about that, details like what fields did you use in that structure, why this implementation and not some related other. Memory management, network communications, operating systems. Then questions on C concepts like memory allocation, function pointers, then data structures like linked lists, then bit manipulation in registers. Questions from electrical coursework. Then later, why higher studies, would you still go for higher studies if you had a good job at a company, why etc.
Tips: Be thorough with C (know your Kernighan & Ritchie) and be prepared to go into details about your projects.

Skills: C, Data Structures, Coursework Understanding, Project And Internship
College Name: IIT Madras

Skills evaluated in this interview

I applied via Campus Placement

Interview Questionnaire 

16 Questions

  • Q1. Bridge and torch problem : Four people come to a river in the night. There is a narrow bridge, but it can only hold two people at a time. They have one torch and, because it's night, the torch has to be us...
  • Q2. Given an array A[n], write a C program to find P and Q (P>Q) such that A[P] - A[Q] is maximum
  • Q3. A pyramid is given many blank spaces. Condition is that number in a cell equals sum of numbers in bottom two cells. Fill the blanks
  • Ans. 

    The question asks to fill the blanks in a pyramid where each number is the sum of the numbers in the bottom two cells.

    • Start from the bottom row and work your way up, calculating the sum of the numbers in the bottom two cells for each blank space.

    • Use a loop to iterate through each row and column of the pyramid.

    • Store the calculated sum in the corresponding blank space.

    • Repeat the process until all the blanks are filled.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q4. What are the basic functions of OS?
  • Q5. What is scheduling? List different types of scheduling
  • Q6. What is a deadlock? How to know if a deadlock is present?
  • Q7. What is Moore's Law?
  • Ans. 

    Moore's Law is the observation that the number of transistors in a dense integrated circuit doubles about every two years.

    • Named after Intel co-founder Gordon Moore

    • First stated in 1965

    • Has been a driving force behind technological advancements

    • Predicts exponential growth in computing power

    • Has been challenged in recent years due to physical limitations

  • Answered by AI
  • Q8. Differentiate between a process and a thread
  • Ans. 

    A process is an instance of a program while a thread is a subset of a process.

    • A process has its own memory space while threads share memory space

    • Processes are heavyweight while threads are lightweight

    • Processes communicate through inter-process communication while threads communicate through shared memory

    • Examples of processes include web browsers, text editors, etc. while examples of threads include GUI updates, backgro

  • Answered by AI
  • Q9. What are the advantages of having multi-core processor?
  • Ans. 

    Multi-core processors provide faster and more efficient computing.

    • Improved performance and speed

    • Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously

    • Reduced power consumption

    • Better multitasking capabilities

    • Enhanced user experience

    • Examples: Intel Core i7, AMD Ryzen 9

  • Answered by AI
  • Q10. Tell me about yourself and your family briefly
  • Ans. 

    I am a software engineer with a loving family.

    • I have been working as a software engineer for 5 years.

    • My wife is a teacher and we have two children.

    • We enjoy spending time together outdoors and traveling.

    • My parents live in a different state but we keep in touch regularly.

    • Family is very important to me and I prioritize spending time with them.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q11. Tell me about your course projects
  • Ans. 

    Developed a web-based project management tool and a mobile app for tracking expenses

    • Created a responsive UI using React and Bootstrap

    • Implemented user authentication and authorization using Firebase

    • Integrated Google Maps API for location tracking in the mobile app

    • Used Node.js and MongoDB for backend development

    • Collaborated with a team of four to complete the projects

  • Answered by AI
  • Q12. Tell me about your professional experience
  • Ans. 

    I have 5 years of experience in software engineering with expertise in Java and Python.

    • Developed and maintained web applications using Java and Spring framework

    • Designed and implemented RESTful APIs using Python and Flask

    • Worked on database management and optimization using MySQL and MongoDB

    • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality software products

    • Participated in code reviews and provided construc

  • Answered by AI
  • Q13. What are your academic interests?
  • Ans. 

    My academic interests include computer science, artificial intelligence, and machine learning.

    • Computer science

    • Artificial intelligence

    • Machine learning

  • Answered by AI
  • Q14. Explain one CS topic(of your choice) in layman terms
  • Ans. 

    Explain Big O notation

    • Big O notation is used to describe the time complexity of an algorithm

    • It helps us understand how the algorithm's performance changes with input size

    • O(1) means constant time, O(n) means linear time, O(n^2) means quadratic time

    • We want algorithms with lower Big O values for better performance

  • Answered by AI
  • Q15. What are your location preferences?
  • Ans. 

    I am open to relocation based on the job opportunity and growth prospects.

    • Open to relocation for the right opportunity

    • Willing to move for career growth

    • Flexible with location based on job requirements

  • Answered by AI
  • Q16. Would you like to have a pizza slice? ;)
  • Ans. 

    Yes, I would love to have a pizza slice!

    • I am a big fan of pizza and would never say no to a slice!

    • Pizza is the perfect food for any occasion, whether it's a quick lunch or a late-night snack.

    • I particularly enjoy pepperoni and mushroom pizza, but I'm open to trying new toppings as well.

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: Questions were of average difficulty but lengthy. The test was conducted between 7:30 PM and 9 PM. I had a long day so it was a little tiresome.
Tips: Time is of importance. I suggest you to quickly browse through all the questions and pick the easy ones beforehand instead of being stuck on a single difficult question.
Duration: 90 minutes
Total Questions: 60

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I found the questions easy so I was able to answer them all.
Tips: Don't just think in your mind. Think out loud so that the interviewer can correct you.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: Interviewer was friendly. It was like talking with a friend.
Tips: Keep it short and brief. It's fine even if your English is not good. (Mine wasn't )

General Tips: Be cool and calm. If you don't know something, admit it. You can come back to it later.
Skill Tips: No need to go very deep. Just know the basics properly.
Skills: Puzzle Solving Capability, Computer Organisation, Operating System Basics, Object Oriented Programming (OOP) Basics, C Programming, Aptitude
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: Qualcomm is an industry leader in mobile hardware. The work profile suited me well.
Funny Moments: The nice HR lady offered me a pizza slice.

Skills evaluated in this interview

Applied Materials Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Applied Materials Technical Lead interview?
Applied Materials interview process usually has 2 rounds. The most common rounds in the Applied Materials interview process are Technical, One-on-one Round and Coding Test.
How to prepare for Applied Materials Technical Lead interview?
Go through your CV in detail and study all the technologies mentioned in your CV. Prepare at least two technologies or languages in depth if you are appearing for a technical interview at Applied Materials. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at Applied Materials expect are Software Development, C++, C, C# and Javascript.
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