KLA·Software Engineer

KLA Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Medium

Negative

San Jose, CAPosted Apr 2022 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I went through an interview sequence for an IoT software engineer role that included a coding interview with the hiring manager.

During the session, the hiring manager was very distracted—talking continuously on the phone—and I didn’t feel like they were actually tracking my code or the comments I was putting in.

The questions I did get were centered on OOP concepts and coding problems involving basic string and list manipulation. But the bigger issue was the lack of engagement during the actual coding portion, and I never heard back afterward even after I followed up.

I didn’t get an offer, and honestly the process left me with a pretty frustrating impression. The reflection I carried was that even if the technical

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