KLA-Tencor Employee Job Reviews in the United States

What do you like about working at KLA-Tencor?

"Team format."

What don't you like about working at KLA-Tencor?

"Never could leave computer."

"Good place to start your career and learn the ropes. Run after 5 years."

"Some work is OK, but arbitrary, pointless redirection wastes lots of time."

What do you like about working at KLA-Tencor?

"Good people in the group. Much of the work was interesting."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"I've heard some parts of KLA are OK - good luck!"

What don't you like about working at KLA-Tencor?

"Management didn't have a clue about designing software. One salesman told me that bad software never stopped a sale. KLA often used customer to test release without going through internal QA."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Get serious about software. Stop trying to insist customers do it your way."

What do you like about working at KLA-Tencor?

"The people are great and good place to work."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Show that you can give 110 percent."

What don't you like about working at KLA-Tencor?

"Job not so secure."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Save our jobs in the USA."

"Good company to work for."

"Good place to hang your hat if you are a mediocre engineer."

What do you like about working at KLA-Tencor?

"Diverse work group, excellent core engineers, great mixed signal projects."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Expect to be low balled."

What don't you like about working at KLA-Tencor?

"Engineers without degrees are treated poorly."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Find a real job."

"Diligent engineers providing super products."

What do you like about working at KLA-Tencor?

"It was great when it only Tencor."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be ready to pack, you can be laid off in an instant."

What don't you like about working at KLA-Tencor?

"It's all about the numbers."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Remember loyalty."

"It was a good place to work."

"Good Luck."

What do you like about working at KLA-Tencor?

"It used to be great place to work, and technology innovation."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be patient, the many rounds of interviews and no sense questions will be over at some point."

What don't you like about working at KLA-Tencor?

"Very bad management, you have a better chance if you are a Yes Person."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"The company was built by the senior people that you are forcing them to quit or lay off to save money. Making tools cheap by outsourcing to Asia won't help in the long run, so focus on new technology."

"Very good place to work, manufacturing school."

What do you like about working at KLA-Tencor?

"Learning how to integrate HW, SW and material planning."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Just be yourself, it's the best alternative anyway."

What don't you like about working at KLA-Tencor?

"I found that I prefer working at SW development, and not at the manufacturing planning, although I managed my department for almost a year."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Delegate more authority, people are much better when they have responsibility."

"Good people to work with."

What do you like about working at KLA-Tencor?

"Challenging work environment."

What don't you like about working at KLA-Tencor?

"Needs to work on keeping skilled people in critical positions."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Expand outside of CA."

"Great place to work but not a career for the ones that get things done."

What do you like about working at KLA-Tencor?

"The chance to mold your strengths and learn many techniques."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Sell yourself well."

What don't you like about working at KLA-Tencor?

"The business culture is more of a buddy buddy atmosphere."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Be open minded."

What do you like about working at KLA-Tencor?

"I loved the flexibility and self-management qualities of my position."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be a go-getter and benefit yourself in everything you do."

What don't you like about working at KLA-Tencor?

"The lack of job security within the semiconductor industry; constantly changing and volatile."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep up the good work and forecasting!!"

"When times were good it was a great place to work at."