First round was with hiring manager for 1 hr and HR rep for 30 min, second round was with higher level engineering manager for less than 30 min. Got the offer a few days later by phone.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Have you ever came close to missing a deadline? If so, how did you deal with it?
I applied online. I interviewed at TSMC (Phenix City, AL) in Jun 2026
Interview
About 1 hour, Mostly focusing on behavior questions. Asked about previous job. What I did in the past, how did I solve problems at work, how to work with different departments.
Both interviews on Teams. First interview 30 minutes standard questions on conflict. Second interview mostly about experience from resume and why you want to work at the company. Straight forward interview.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at TSMC (Phoenix, AZ) in Jan 2026
Interview
Self Introduction for 5 minutes at first. Then they asked behavioral questions for 25 minutes. Then asked technical questions for 10 minutes. They mainly care about whether you are familiar with semiconductor device knowledge and fabrication process.