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I’m a foreigner so below are some of the interview questions. Round 1: 1. Tell me about yourself and what you did in your previous work/post graduate studies. 2. Interviewers shared briefly the job scope and description. Round 2: 1. Present a technical presentation on your previous job/post graduate work. 2. Why did you choose tsmc and why Taiwan? 3. Are you single or married, do you have a girlfriend? 4. If you are here for a few years, it will be damaging to our department as we need time to train you and groom a talent. 5. Tell me about yourself in 3mins besides your previous job and work.
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Principal Engineer

Interviewed at TSMC

3.3★
Feb 28, 2023

I’m a foreigner so below are some of the interview questions. Round 1: 1. Tell me about yourself and what you did in your previous work/post graduate studies. 2. Interviewers shared briefly the job scope and description. Round 2: 1. Present a technical presentation on your previous job/post graduate work. 2. Why did you choose tsmc and why Taiwan? 3. Are you single or married, do you have a girlfriend? 4. If you are here for a few years, it will be damaging to our department as we need time to train you and groom a talent. 5. Tell me about yourself in 3mins besides your previous job and work.

The interview rounds were designed to assess: 1. Ability to think a product - features, flaws and improvements. 2. Customer obsession 3. Technical concepts, Peer coding 4. Discussions on side projects and projects in the company. 5. Experience in making high quality UI 5. Ability to bring right processes in the existing frontend system, drive those projects and mentor juniors
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Principal Frontend Engineer

Interviewed at Noon Academy

3.6★
Dec 5, 2020

The interview rounds were designed to assess: 1. Ability to think a product - features, flaws and improvements. 2. Customer obsession 3. Technical concepts, Peer coding 4. Discussions on side projects and projects in the company. 5. Experience in making high quality UI 5. Ability to bring right processes in the existing frontend system, drive those projects and mentor juniors

Initial technical assessment on React and Frontend Architecture level discussion and some system design questions A lot of repeated discussion on your current work and achievements with every interviewer (it seems they must have got the resume at last minute before interview)
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Principal Engineer (Frontend)

Interviewed at Noon Academy

3.6★
Dec 5, 2020

Initial technical assessment on React and Frontend Architecture level discussion and some system design questions A lot of repeated discussion on your current work and achievements with every interviewer (it seems they must have got the resume at last minute before interview)

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