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Hardware & chipsProduct company

ASML

Builds the lithography systems chipmakers use to print circuits on silicon wafers, including EUV machines.

Not known5 stage process documentedFounded 1984
Headquarters

Veldhoven, Netherlands

Headcount

5,000 and up

5,000 or more people
Work model

Not known

Hiring

Not known

Not enough signal to say. Check the careers page directly.
Where to apply
Careers pageWebsite

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  • I will not refer someone for a role their profile does not fit. It wastes your time and costs me the contact.
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Open internships

How they hire

ASML’s published process is the same for all roles and does not describe the technical content of software interviews, so expect the technical depth to come from the team members and architects you meet. Pre-employment screening may apply depending on the country. Feedback usually follows within five working days.

  1. 1

    Application through the careers portal

    Official
    Application screen

    Applications are only accepted through the portal, not by email. The talent acquisition team screens profiles, and a recruiter gets in touch within two weeks if there are questions.

  2. 2

    First interview with the hiring manager and a team member

    Official
    Hiring managerRemote

    A virtual conversation about your education, experience and motivation.

  3. 3

    Online assessment and talent questionnaire

    Official
    Online testRemote

    Candidates invited back may be asked to complete an online assessment before the second interview, plus a talent exploration questionnaire at least two days ahead that is used as a conversation starter.

  4. 4

    Second interview on site

    Official
    Culture fitIn person

    An in-person interview with a project leader, an architect or another team member, focused on your drivers, ambitions and how you fit ASML’s culture.

  5. 5

    Possible third interview with HR

    Official
    Final HR round

What comes up

Recurring themes from candidate accounts, not a question bank. Nobody is served by leaked question lists, least of all you in the interview.

  • Your experience and motivation

    Official

    The first interview centres on what you have studied and built so far and why you want the role.

  • Drivers, ambitions and culture

    Official

    The second interview uses your questionnaire answers to explore what motivates you and where you want to grow.

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What it pays

Nothing collected for this company yet, and nothing worth guessing at. A made-up range is worse than no range because people negotiate against it.

Add to the ASML page

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What are you adding?

This decides how the claim is labelled on the page. Only someone representing the company can produce an “official” label, and I check that separately.

Year and month.

Comma separated topics, not the questions themselves.

Round by round is ideal: what each one was, how long, remote or in person, and what it covered.

Credit

Anonymous is the default. If you keep it anonymous, nothing identifying you reaches the page: it is published as a candidate account and your name stays with me. Never send anything covered by an NDA, and never send a take-home or a question paper.

Universities they recruit from

No sourced university links yet. A campus drive, a career fair appearance or an internship partnership is what puts a university here.

Add to the ASML page

This library is only as good as what people who have been through it are willing to share. Most of these companies have no hiring process documented anywhere, and one account of what the rounds actually were is worth more than anything I can research from the outside.

What are you adding?

This decides how the claim is labelled on the page. Only someone representing the company can produce an “official” label, and I check that separately.

Year and month.

Comma separated topics, not the questions themselves.

Round by round is ideal: what each one was, how long, remote or in person, and what it covered.

Credit

Anonymous is the default. If you keep it anonymous, nothing identifying you reaches the page: it is published as a candidate account and your name stays with me. Never send anything covered by an NDA, and never send a take-home or a question paper.

How to actually get seen

Apply only through the careers portal and fill in the talent exploration questionnaire well before the second interview. Prepare concrete examples from your projects and questions about the role, since ASML’s recruiters stress preparing answers and questions in advance.

Sources

Whole profile last checked 2026-09-22.

Interviewed at ASML? Fill in what changed.

Processes change, rounds get added, tests get replaced. If what you went through was different from what is on this page, tell me and I will update it.

Want me to refer you here?

Send me the role, your CV and a few honest paragraphs on why you fit it. Where I know someone inside and your profile matches, I will make the introduction. Where I cannot, I will tell you why and point you at the route that does work. You get an answer either way.

Ask for a referral to ASML

A referral only means something if the person giving it can actually speak to your work. I will refer you where I know someone on the inside and your profile genuinely fits the role, and I will tell you plainly when I cannot. Either way you get an answer, and a straight one.

  • I read every request. A reply takes a few days, sometimes longer.
  • I will not refer someone for a role their profile does not fit. It wastes your time and costs me the contact.
  • Where I cannot refer you, I will say why, and point you at the way in that does work.
  • Nothing you send here is shared with anyone without you agreeing to it first.

If you found the opening, paste it. It tells me which team you mean.

A Drive, Dropbox or personal-site link is fine. Make sure it opens without a request for access, or I cannot read it.

At least a short paragraph. This is what I would be putting my name behind, so specifics beat adjectives.

Comma separated, up to six. Things you would be happy to be tested on.

Add to the ASML page

This library is only as good as what people who have been through it are willing to share. Most of these companies have no hiring process documented anywhere, and one account of what the rounds actually were is worth more than anything I can research from the outside.

What are you adding?

This decides how the claim is labelled on the page. Only someone representing the company can produce an “official” label, and I check that separately.

Year and month.

Comma separated topics, not the questions themselves.

Round by round is ideal: what each one was, how long, remote or in person, and what it covered.

Credit

Anonymous is the default. If you keep it anonymous, nothing identifying you reaches the page: it is published as a candidate account and your name stays with me. Never send anything covered by an NDA, and never send a take-home or a question paper.

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