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

I applied via Referral and was interviewed in Apr 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(5 Questions)

  • Q1. Focus on Basics of Digital electronics,verilog SV and UVM will be an advantage.Reasoning questions also plays a crucial role.Realizations of gates using and NAND and NOR gate,Realization of gates using mu...
  • Q2. Don't forget look your projects mentioned in your resume,They will directky ask you to write code,Ask lot of questions on projects,Communication skills willbe added advantage.
  • Q3. Reasonig questions:-9 ball's weight checking,horses question,a pond of flowers on which day they full if half fill in 10 days,3L 5L required water 4L,4 pin OTP generation probability with unique numbers,go...
  • Q4. Don't forget take a look on ypur projects whatever you mentioned in your resume everything matters,Basics of digital electronics,sv and UVM,More focus on practising coding,outputs for snippets plays a cruc...
  • Q5. One personal advantage for MNC's refferals matters alot,better to ask anyone in linkdin to reffer you.
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
No response

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Jul 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. DSA,bitwise operations
  • Q2. Gpu architecture

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare DSA,Bitwise operators, Parallel programming, Gpu architecture
Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Technical and past experience
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via campus placement at NMAM Institute of Technology, Mangalore and was interviewed in Apr 2023. There were 4 interview rounds.

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 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Dsd , analog electronics circuit based questions were asked
Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. C programming from basics was asked using tricky pseudo codes
Round 4 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. 1. Tell me things not in your resume 2. Hobbies 3. Why I shouldn't Hire you 4. You like managerial or developer and why
Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via campus placement at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Chennai and was interviewed in Dec 2022. There were 4 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.
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Round 2 - Aptitude Test 

Basic aptitude, but limited time.

Round 3 - Technical 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. Semiconductor fabrication-related questions
  • Q2. Material characterization techniques
  • Ans. 

    Material characterization techniques involve analyzing the properties of materials to understand their composition and behavior.

    • Common techniques include X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy.

    • These techniques help determine material composition, crystal structure, surface morphology, and chemical bonding.

    • Other techniques like thermal analysis, mechanical testing, a...

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  • Q3. Company related questions
Round 4 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Interest to travel, behavioral round questions.

I applied via Referral and was interviewed in Jun 2022. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Technical+apptitude round questions were tough in technical

Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Mostly on filters block diagrams ,opamps,converters etc
  • Q2. What is physical significance of 2nd order on filtwrs
  • Ans. 

    Second order filters have steeper roll-off and better attenuation of higher frequencies.

    • Second order filters have a slope of -40 dB/decade.

    • They have a higher Q factor than first order filters.

    • They provide better attenuation of higher frequencies.

    • Examples include Butterworth, Chebyshev, and Bessel filters.

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Analog must be perfect they will jidge on your approach not answer
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. FPGA architecture
  • Q2. Static Timing Analysis
Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
4-6 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Job Fair and was interviewed in Jul 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. C storage class
  • Q2. Harvard architecture
Round 2 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Basic hr stuff was asked
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed before Apr 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Can make a simple button debounce circuit ?
  • Ans. 

    Yes, a simple button debounce circuit can be created using a resistor and a capacitor.

    • Use a resistor and a capacitor in series with the button to create a low-pass filter.

    • Connect the output of the filter to a Schmitt trigger to clean up the signal.

    • Adjust the values of the resistor and capacitor to achieve the desired debounce time.

    • Example: Use a 10k ohm resistor and a 0.1uF capacitor for a debounce time of 10ms.

  • Answered by AI
Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Write a structured embedded C program to read button input, remove glitches.
  • Ans. 

    Program to read button input and remove glitches in embedded C.

    • Use a state machine to debounce the button input.

    • Implement a delay to filter out glitches.

    • Consider using interrupts for efficient button handling.

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Just put whats in your mind, Interviewers are there to give you the job not to reject, they will try their best to help you as well but you need to try and just put something on the paper.
They want to know how you do it, not what your final response.

Skills evaluated in this interview

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

I applied via campus placement at Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology (TIET) and was interviewed before Jan 2023. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

It include 2 coding questions, 15 aptitude questions , 15 subject based questions

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Longest common subsequence
  • Ans. 

    The longest common subsequence problem is finding the longest subsequence that two or more strings have in common.

    • A subsequence is a sequence that can be derived from another sequence by deleting some or no elements without changing the order of the remaining elements.

    • The longest common subsequence does not require consecutive elements.

    • Dynamic programming is commonly used to solve this problem efficiently.

    • Example: For ...

  • Answered by AI
Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Implementation of query
  • Ans. 

    The implementation of a query

    • Understand the requirements of the query

    • Design the query based on the database structure

    • Write the query using appropriate syntax and functions

    • Test the query to ensure it returns the desired results

  • Answered by AI
Round 4 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. General questions regarding why TI, and questions regarding my role in ti

Skills evaluated in this interview

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How to prepare for KLA Application Development Engineer 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 KLA. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at KLA expect are Application Development, Automotive, Chip Design, Inspection and Metrology.

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