I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Lam Research (Fremont, CA) in Sep 2021
Interview
This was a phone screen interview. The interviewer was kind and attempted to make me feel less nervous by reassuring me that the interview was going along great and was patient and listened to my answers very carefully.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Do you have experience with reactors or pumps?
Experience in Electro-chemistry and thermodynamics?
Are you more of an experimentalist or theorist?
Tell me a time where you built or created something from scratch in my past work experiences.
Tell me something about yourself that differentiates you from other candidates?
First phone interview from the hiring manager, within a week followed by an onsite interview that consists of 1-hr presentation w/ Q&A and three 45-min sessions each with two interviewers.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Can you tell me what would you do if you have a passive and slow-progress collaborator?
Did not get the offer. In person interview. Did a presentation for an hour with about 30-40 people in the audience (online and in-person). Questions were about problem solving and coursework applicability. Overall a good experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Coursework applicability to real world systems, and problem solving ability.
I had an onsite. The group that interviewed me seemed very unfriendly and unwelcoming from the very start of the interview. In prior interview experiences, I have felt like the interviewers were always very warm even if the job ended up not being a match. Based on this interaction, I would not have wanted to work on this team.
