Customer Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Applied Materials with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 81% positive. To compare, the company-average is 62.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Customer Engineer roles take an average of 19 days to get hired, when considering 17 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Applied Materials overall takes an average of 22 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Applied Materials as a Customer Engineer according to 17 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 17%
Skills test: 15%
Phone interview: 13%
Personality test: 13%
One on one interview: 11%
Background check: 9%
Presentation: 9%
IQ intelligence test: 6%
Drug test: 6%
Other: 2%
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I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Applied Materials (Portland, OR) in Jul 2016
Interview
It was a very well done 3 part interview, you usually go through a hiring agency first, they do a brief interview and have you take an evaluation test, if you pass that phase you move on to a 15 minute interview with a senior engineer to introduce yourself and give them a brief overview of yourself and get a brief overview of the company, after that phase you move on to the longest interview which is about an hour and a half. You meet with 3 different groups and do a hands on test, communication evaluation, and job experience evaluation. Everyone was very friendly and professional. If you make it past all 3 successfully, then you're most likely a very good fit. They set it up very very well to test your skills and team player abilities. So far I HIGHLY recommend this company. It's an extremely friendly environment, with a TON of support from the leads. They genuinely want to help you and mold you into a strong asset.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Are you familiar with protocol? (LOTO, Safety Protocol's, etc.)
I applied online. I interviewed at Applied Materials (Taichung) in Jun 2026
Interview
Introduce ourselves and describe what are the projects conducted during the university and do we familiar with the culture in Taiwan and the roles of customer engineers. Why do you want to work in Taiwan and why do you choose to work as a customer engineers
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Do you know the roles of customer engineer and the working environment for a customer engineer
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Applied Materials (Hsinchu) in Dec 2025
Interview
HR
Tell you this job working schedule
Asking about you willing or not
Manager
Introduce yourself
Some troubleshooting question
Oversea work is available
Whether have any question to manager
Tell you something about this job
Different from other typical interview. 3 phase of interview. 1 to 3, 1 to group and group to group. Be prepared to work with others and present about a situation and solution. Will be question by interviewers about proposed solution. Just be yourself and think on your feet to give the best answer