Lam Research Software Engineer interview experience

It started with short phone conversations—one focused on explaining the role and another with an engineer that went deeper on technical topics. A few days later, I moved on to an all-day on-site that felt more like a sequence of meaningful conversations than a single high-stakes exam.

The day opened with a research presentation. I had time to prepare and planned about 40–45 minutes of slides with the expectation that questions would interrupt and continue afterward. My morning interviews were more technical and tied to my background, while the afternoon shifted toward understanding how the