Applied Materials Software Engineer interview experience

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BengaluruPosted Sep 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

After applying, I went through a multi-round process that felt very structured and fairly technical from the start.

The first assessment combined technical and aptitude screening. I remember code-snippet style questions in C++ and concepts like how to think through OOP topics, plus OS and DSA. There was also an aptitude component. Later rounds leaned more into DSA and the same fundamentals again, and they even mentioned that STL wasn’t allowed for the LeetCode-style portion, which narrowed how I could approach problems.

In the in-person technical round, the format stayed consistent: a mix of 2–3 DSA questions alongside deeper checks on OOP and OS knowledge. I also had a more hands-on coding moment where I

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