Job Preparation Process for Samsung Electronics Semiconductor Industry

A chemical engineering student passed Samsung's Memory Business Process Design position in 2023, emphasizing long-term planning and balancing employment during studies.

### Samsung Electronics Semiconductor Industry Job Search and Interview Preparation Tips
* 👩 The interviewee passed the Samsung Electronics Memory Business Process Design position entrance exam in 2023 as a chemical engineering student, showcasing **meticulous planning** and **consistent engagement** in relevant activities.
* 💡 Balancing job preparation and studies during the last semester was challenging, with regrets about **not having enough time to study further about semiconductors**.
* 📝 When writing the self-introduction for Samsung, the interviewee highlighted **high interest and understanding of the semiconductor industry**, personal qualities like **cooperation and responsibility**, and job-related aspects such as **fair design principles** and **practical experiences**.
* 📚 To prepare for the difficult Samsung Electronics entrance exam (SAT), the interviewee solved many problems, focused on **increasing the accuracy rate**, and practiced by solving questions on the laptop screen to **simulate the online test environment**.
* 🎙 For the interview, the interviewee prepared by organizing various experiences using the **STR method**, studying with **multiple groups**, and practicing **expressing experiences well with others**.
* ❓ There were crisis moments during the executive and job interviews, such as using the wrong self-introduction version and mixing up prepared content, but the interviewee managed to **overcome them with logical responses and positive attitudes**.
* 🍀 The interviewee emphasized the importance of **preparation and effort** in attracting luck, believing that luck comes to those who are **well prepared**.
* 💬 "I believe everyone should do their best to **prepare well** and **grab the luck** that comes. **Fighting without giving up** would be great."

Hello, I am a senior in the semiconductor industry. Today, we have someone who passed the Samsung Electronics entrance exam in 2023. Let's conduct a brief interview. Hello, nice to meet you. Could you please give us a brief self-introduction? Hello, I passed the Samsung Electronics Memory Business Process Design position in 2023 as a chemical engineering student. Hello. Thank you. I believe you must have prepared very hard for your job search. I assume you put a lot of effort into it. I don't know exactly how much preparation you did, but while preparing, you might have thought that you worked harder than others. Or you might have regrets, thinking that if you had prepared a little more, you could have done better. Could you share your thoughts on this?

I decided to enter the semiconductor industry a little earlier, so I think I did quite well in planning and consistently engaging in relevant activities for a long time. Therefore, I believe that the section on activities in my resume is quite solid and I was able to fill it out a lot. However, as I balanced employment during my last semester, I felt that I was somewhat deprived of time due to exams, graduation thesis presentations, and such, so I regret not having enough time to study further about semiconductors. Most seniors in their fourth year tend to reduce their major-related courses due to differences in credit management or preparation for employment, and some fill those gaps with liberal arts courses. I think that some people work hard on credits for that reason.

As you mentioned, I think there were difficult moments trying to balance job preparation and studies. How did you manage to overcome those times? Since there wasn't much time, I couldn't honestly engage in any special hobbies. Personally, I tend to relieve stress by talking a lot with friends or people due to my outgoing nature. Whenever I had some free time, I would talk a lot with friends. Although I reduced drinking alcohol a lot, I still went to gatherings just to talk and chat for a short while. I think I relieved stress by talking a lot. During my university days, I used to spend a lot of time in the library, even though I drank coffee and had conversations there. Now, when I talk with friends who are going through tough times, I also feel a bit stressed.

I feel a bit relieved. Yes, then in the case of companies like Samsung Electronics, they write their self-introduction, then there is an interview process, right? Yes, when they write their self-introduction, did they prepare in a way that highlights certain aspects to make it more noticeable? Well, first of all, in the case of Samsung's self-introduction, there are internal questions, and it seems like they focused on different points for each question. In the first question, they emphasized their high interest and understanding of the semiconductor industry or Samsung Electronics. As I mentioned earlier, I have been involved in various activities, so I highlighted why I did these activities and what I learned from them, briefly but clearly.

I made an effort to write down. In this question, rather than job-related skills, I tried to emphasize more on personal qualities like cooperation and responsibility. So, I mainly wrote about experiences in volunteering or participating in student council to highlight these personal qualities. Question 3, I think, is less important compared to other questions, so I just talked about social issues briefly, mentioning artificial intelligence. As for question 4, which I consider the most important, I focused a lot on job-related aspects. Since I applied for a position in fair design, I wrote about the fair principles I learned in my major, practical experiences in fair design, and what I learned during the job boot camp about working in fair design practice.

I think I have emphasized a lot of experiences such as analyzing semiconductor development data learned from such experiences. When I read my self-introduction, I think the important things are the second and fourth ones. I believe the second one shows who I am, my personality, and my diligence. As for the fourth one, it demonstrates how I will work in this company, showing my engineering skills or other job-related aspects. Yes, that's right. And now, if I briefly mention the areas I know, in a self-introduction, engineers at the managerial level read and pick out keywords or important sentences in this summary.

If you write it in the form of doing, interviewers can see the summarized version and ask questions related to that. So, I think maybe you didn't write your self-introduction neatly. Thank you. Next, now you must have prepared for the SAT difficultly. How did you prepare? Well, first of all, the basic idea was to solve a lot of problems. Also, after hearing stories from seniors or peers who already got employed, I realized that solving many correct problems is important. I heard a lot that the accuracy rate should be high, so I studied in a direction to increase the accuracy rate. In this case, I used Hackers' Let You In, etc.

It seems like most of the basic books and mock exams in places like Wipote have been purchased and solved. When solving these mock exams, I used to solve them on paper, but now they are originally posted online to solve. There was a slight difference between solving on paper and solving on the online screen at the beginning, so to reduce that gap, I practiced a lot by displaying the questions on the laptop screen and solving them on paper. So, after the announcement of passing, I continued to study diligently, and from about 2 to 3 days before the test, I tried to solve at least 4 or more questions steadily, and it seems that the accuracy rate was not bad. Eventually, I was able to pass by solving problems at a similar level even in the actual test. Yes, I think creating that environment and doing that was really a well-prepared effort.

I think, and now, the job sea Daejeon branch score, now the cut-line score seems to be different, and the answer rate seems to be a bit different. So, I, of course, took the SAT offline, and I don't know how many points I got, but nowadays, as it changes to online, now everyone can know how many points they got. Yes, that's right. But I think I probably got a lot wrong. Nowadays, people seem to be preparing really hard, so the answer rate is high, and the cut-line seems to be quite high. So, probably after taking the SAT, they probably started to focus more intensively on preparing for interviews. What did you prepare for the interview? Well, in the past, I wrote about the experiences on my resume and cover letter at Samsung.

The technique called the STR method helps to organize situations like action, result, and situation, and it provides a method to summarize. Based on this method, I first organized various experiences with keywords. In order to prepare for executive interviews now, I think I have studied with about three study groups. Moreover, I have been fortunate to meet many people who prepare for interviews diligently, and based on those experiences, I was able to practice expressing my experiences well by discussing basic interview questions that are commonly asked and based on my resume and cover letter. Through these practices, I was able to improve my ability to articulate my experiences well and also correct any language or behavioral habits that might seem negative, as I practiced a lot with various people. Additionally, there are job interviews, and for job interviews, I

I didn't study separately, but I just watched lectures on justice and society or studied hard alone. I was quite confident in explaining about the job to my friends at school on a regular basis. However, looking back, I think it wouldn't have been a bad idea to prepare for job interviews while studying. I now realize the importance of presentation skills in interviews because I need to effectively convey all the information I know. If my presentation skills or attitude are not good, it may be unclear to the interviewer whether I am qualified. But from what you're saying, preparing for mock interviews through study seems like a good effort.

You seem to have a good understanding of your duties and also seem to have put a lot of effort into preparing for your major in semiconductor process-related knowledge. Thank you. So, during the interview, there may have been moments of crisis, and there may have been moments when you felt like, Oh, I think I might pass. Did you have such moments? In the executive and job interviews, I think there were moments of crisis and also moments of positivity. First, regarding the executive interview, I had been preparing a one-minute self-introduction consistently, but the day before the interview, I didn't feel good about it, so I revised it and practiced. When I entered the interview room and started the self-introduction, I used the previous version.

My self-introduction popped out of my mouth, and I was very embarrassed. However, I could have just used the old version, but I kept trying to come back with a revised version, so I felt quite discouraged. The interviewer also mentioned that I seemed very nervous, which made me feel a bit uncomfortable. But strangely, I felt a bit relieved thinking that I messed up from the beginning. I think I spoke well with some logic afterwards, so fortunately, in the end, when I said, Other companies might have applied as well, how do companies prefer, with a smile, implying that I wouldn't quit, or something like that, I took it somewhat positively. Also, when it came to the job interview, when I was talking about Al...

When talking about fairness, I accidentally mentioned having a deposition, and at that time, you mentioned whether the teeth were aligned, which made my heart flutter a bit. However, overall, I think I explained the principles quite well, so when it was about to end, I received praise for studying a lot and seeming knowledgeable, which was positive. Oh, I think you might have been flustered because two things you prepared got mixed up, right? Yes, you probably calmly expressed what you wanted to say next, so you seemed to have overcome the crisis moment well. So, I heard about the steps you are taking to prepare for getting a job at Samsung Electronics, and finally, please say a word of encouragement to your colleagues, juniors, and seniors who are preparing for employment.

What kind of words can you say if you are asked to give advice? When I was preparing for employment, I heard a lot of people saying that it's 70% luck. I also think I was very lucky this time. However, luck doesn't always come, and I think it only comes to those who are well prepared. So, I believe everyone should do their best to prepare well and grab the luck that comes. Fighting without giving up would be great. Thank you. I also have the same thought. I believe that those who put in a lot of effort naturally attract luck. So, after listening to this interview, those who are working hard may have a bigger reward than their efforts, although I'm not sure what kind of reward it is, but I think it will lead to good results.

I believe you will be able to gain it. Thank you sincerely for the interview today, and I hope you will work hard at your company. Thank you. Thank you.

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반도체 취업선배 [Stories]

Interview with a Samsung Electronics Memory Business Process Design Employee

The interviewee passed the Samsung Electronics entrance exam in 2023 for a position in the Memory Business Process Design, having focused on relevant activities and regretting not being able to study more about semiconductors due to time constraints.

They managed the stress of job preparation and studies by engaging in conversations with friends and reducing alcohol consumption.

In their self-introduction for Samsung, they highlighted their strong interest and understanding of the semiconductor industry, as well as the specific reasons for their various activities.

Emphasizing Personal Qualities in a Job Application

The applicant focused on personal qualities like cooperation and responsibility through volunteering and student council experiences.

They briefly mentioned social issues and artificial intelligence, considering it less important.

The most emphasis was on job-related aspects, highlighting fair design principles, practical experiences, and engineering skills.

Adapting to the Changing Landscape of Test Preparation and Interviews

Test preparation has shifted from solving exams on paper to online practice, impacting answer accuracy and the cut-off score.

The transition to online testing has made scores more transparent, increasing the competition and driving higher cut-off scores.

In preparation for interviews, the use of the STR method and group study has helped in organizing experiences and improving the articulation of responses, while also correcting any negative language or behavioral habits.

The Importance of Presentation Skills in Job Interviews

Studying alone was my main preparation for job interviews, but I now realize the importance of presentation skills in effectively conveying my knowledge.

There were moments of crisis and positivity in both executive and job interviews, from feeling embarrassed and nervous to ultimately managing to speak well with logic and ending on a positive note.

Despite initial challenges, I was able to navigate the interviews and leave a good impression.

Navigating an Interview and Offering Encouragement for Employment

The interviewee received positive feedback for their knowledge and preparation during the interview.

They shared advice on the importance of preparation and effort in attracting luck for employment.

The interview concluded with words of encouragement for colleagues and a wish for their success in the job search.