Device Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at WD with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 61.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Device Engineer roles take an average of 22 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at WD overall takes an average of 23 days.
Common stages of the interview process at WD as a Device Engineer according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 33%
One on one interview: 17%
Skills test: 17%
IQ intelligence test: 17%
Presentation: 17%
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I applied through college or university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at WD (Milpitas, CA) in Feb 2018
Interview
30 minute phone screening first, then 6 one-on-one on-site interviews and a lunch chat. interviews involved discussions starting from my PhD research, and went on to technical questions based on fundamentals of device physics
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
problems based on capacitors, NAND flash device structures (program/erase/leakage etc)
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at WD (Milpitas, CA) in Feb 2022
Interview
I got a referral from a friend. The first 30-minute online interview happened in the same week I applied. Then 8-9 one-on-one online interviews were arranged in the second week. The second interview was split into two days, 30-minute each. Interviewers included VP, directors, managers, technologists, and device engineers. Overall, they were friendly and the interaction was okay.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Semiconductor device physics, MOSFET, NAND flash structure (how to write and erase), reliability issues, introduce yourself, previous research, behavior questions, program/data analysis questions. Prepare your own questions.