I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at KLA (Chennai) in Aug 2020
Interview
I got a call from HR and had initial discussion about the work and my expectations regarding the work and CTC. After we agreed upon some X amount of Fixed + Others, HR scheduled my interview.
There were 4 rounds of virtual discussions/interview and feedback given to me was exciting. And then comes the salary part. So as per discussion before the interview X amount was asked from the employer but HR seems to be not fulfilling promises made by HR himself/herself. And then they started making excuses about Covid-19, started saying that a particular round didn't go well (which was exciting before the salary discussion). And then they didn't show up for few weeks. I called the HR one day and then funny part is that they started asking me for 0.75X fixed part to work out the offer. I said No.
Recommendations from my side: they are looking for excellent engineers with NO MONEY. What they were trying to offer me was way less than my current CTC.
I am working in a far better company than KLA.
Totally immature company.
I wasted my 1 month or so.
Don't waste yours.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Data Structure and Algorithm
OS related.
LLD Design.
Distributed system related questions.
Load balancing in Distributed system.
Etc
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at KLA
Interview
First round was online hackerrank AI interview. There were 3 questions. If we solve one question then only next question will be listed. one question is easy level. 2nd question is of medium level difficulty. Was stuck in 2nd question.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at KLA (Chennai) in Jul 2025
Interview
There was a video call interview round for KLA Chennai
The panel was online and i was given a coding question.
They had a coding platform
There were test cases to be passed.
The panel was very patient and helped me with hints.
The coding round was of moderate difficulty related to an arraylist type solution for the question.
I had forgotten the syntax for the C++ stl.
So i was not slected for next round of interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about yourself.
What tech stack have you worked on?
Can u code the solution to this problem statement and have it pass the test cases?
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at KLA in May 2025
Interview
Several rounds of interview,
Screening with the recruiter.
Technical interview with many team member. ~2 hours process.
Interview with hiring manager.
Interview with head of the department.
There was no onsite interview.
Senior Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at KLA with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 56.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior Software Engineer roles take an average of 19 days to get hired, when considering 12 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at KLA overall takes an average of 22 days.
Common stages of the interview process at KLA as a Senior Software Engineer according to 12 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 25%
One on one interview: 22%
Skills test: 17%
Group panel interview: 14%
Background check: 8%
Presentation: 6%
Other: 6%
Personality test: 3%
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