I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at TSMC (Phoenix, AZ) in Apr 2024
Interview
- Applied through their job portal early Feb, heard back for 1st interview early April
- 1st round (with 1 senior engineer) -- behavioural, given situations and asked how you would tackle them; encouraged to ask a lot of questions; very upfront with potential long hours and stress -- lasted ~1 hour
- 2nd interview (with 2 engineers and 1 manager) - a week after 1st interview; asked a lot more details of experiences and qualifications in resume; asked to give examples of situations in STAR format -- lasted ~1 hour
- offer -- through phone call 2 weeks later
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me what you know about (specific process depending on department) this process? What are your biggest strength?
Self intro, Why are you interested in this position? What are your strengths and weaknesses？
Can you describe a challenge you faced and how you handled it?
How do you solve technical problems when you get stuck
Standard interview with HR then Team Members. Very relaxed and calm interview environment and interviewers were friendly. Each interview took about an hour each and was ranging from technical and behavioral queations.
I applied online. I interviewed at TSMC (Phoenix, AZ)
Interview
Pretty straight forward. Technical resume screening. General semiconductor knowledge. Finally a behavioral interview round. Definitely make sure to ask clarifying questions if you are unsure of the question or what is being asked of
you.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe Lithography. What is a Dipole in the context of Litho