Software Engineering Intern applicants have rated the interview process at KLA with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 67.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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I applied through university. I interviewed at KLA (San Jose, CA) in Jan 2026
Interview
Interviewing process composes of multiple rounds. Each round depends on each team of each KLA's group. My 1st round was a mixed of behavioral and some technical questions plus resume deep diving. After the 1st round there will be "n" times of rounds, this is unclear for KLA. Never heard from them for the result of the 1st round, even I sent a thank you email and the recuiter thanked me back
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Multithreading, Compare C++ and Java, Project and experience deep dive
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at KLA (Ann Arbor, MI) in Jan 2024
Interview
I applied through the workday. Then HR reached out to me. I had two rounds of interviews.
The first round was a Leetcode-type problem. I did not like the interview since I had to open my own IDE to implement the code. I guess the interviewer could at least use Google Docs if the company had nothing for the interview. After one week I reached out to HR whether we are moving forward leading to no response. At that point, I felt like I was ghosted.
Three weeks later HR reached out to me for a second round interview. I was not informed what type of round it was. The second round was mostly overall interest and behavioral direction.
I got a rejection from HR after one week. The overall experience was not pleasant mostly due to the HR communications. They are short-staffed staffed or they do not simply care.
2rounds
1st round coding 3questions
2nd round hackathon
1st round was a easy round but need to practice coding well to solve problems on time
3 coding questions based on string matrix and graphs.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
3 coding questions based on string matrix and graphs