KLA·Software Engineer

KLA Software Engineer interview experience

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ChennaiPosted Oct 2019 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I had a remote-to-onsite style experience that started with a phone interview and then moved into a longer onsite sequence.

The technical presentation part felt a bit awkward for me: during the session, I noticed team members appearing distracted—checking phones and working on laptops—which made the whole environment feel rude and unfocused.

After that, the rest of the process leaned into how well I could communicate and solve problems quickly under pressure. The company seemed to put weight on quantitative ability and rapid problem solving rather than expecting me to be a coding expert. There was also a group discussion element with abstract topics, where even if the answer wasn’t clear-cut, they wanted

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