Applied Materials interview questions
Updated Jun 2, 2026Difficulty
Average
Experience
Mostly positive
How others got an interview
- 20%Campus RecruitingCampus Recruiting
- 18%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 9%RecruiterRecruiter
- 4%Staffing AgencyStaffing Agency
- 4%In PersonIn Person
- 4%OtherOther
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Applied Materials interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Applied Materials as 62.5% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.85 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Engineering Intern and Integration Architect rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for College and Buyer roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at Applied Materials takes an average of 22 days when considering 746 user submitted interviews across all job titles. To compare, the average duration of hiring at similar companies like BlackRock, Inc. is 14 days, Fabricated Software, Inc. is 2 days, and Apple Inc. is 21 days. Candidates applying for Planner had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas SWE Intern roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 240 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at Applied Materials according to 746 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 22%
Phone interview: 19%
Group panel interview: 13%
Skills test: 12%
Presentation: 9%
Background check: 9%
Personality test: 6%
Drug test: 5%
IQ intelligence test: 4%
Other: 1%
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