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. I interviewed at Applied Materials (Singapore) in Mar 2021
Interview
Interview process was ok. Answered everything accordingly. One interviewer was being quite rude he said stuff like "i just don't buy what you're saying" and when the interview ended he said "I'm just disappointed"
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