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Updated Apr 10, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Engineering at Broadcom
Posted Apr 10, 2012 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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3.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2012 in San Diego, CA (took a day)
During the phone interview, I talked for 1 hour with the group leader. He mainly asked me questions about concepts of operating systems and C programming, e.g., what is static variable in C, what is auto variable, what is race condition and what is the difference between process and thread, and the like.
I was informed to take the on-site in roughly two days after that.
During the on-site interview process, I was interviewed by four people. Questions include operations on linked list, embedded system, how a process is functioning, how to test a segment of memory using C and some questions related to my resume, mainly about my past education and working experience.
The office and work culture look pretty nice. Suggestions to other candidates would be to familiar with operating system concepts and details of using C, especially when you ask for a firmware design or test engineer which is more related to hardware level.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview and a Phone Interview.
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Engineering at Broadcom
Posted Jan 27, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2011 (took a day)
The phone interview took an hour on a Saturday and we have subsequently set up in-house interview the following week. There were 5 rounds of interviews, each with 1 to 2 interviewers. Most questions were focus on the technical know-hows and experience in solving design questions. The work culture appears to be very chaotic and unorganized. However, there seems to be room for the company to grow.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Engineering at Broadcom
Posted Oct 4, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2011 (took a day)
Got a phone call inviting me for an interview. Office looked great, nice people. A 1:1 interview in which I was asked basic logic design questions and personal questions. Was asked about projects I have done, courses taken and general interest.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Engineering at Broadcom
Posted Sep 27, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed May 2010 in Philadelphia, PA (took 1+ week)
frankly speaking; I did not have any technical interview because the hiring manager know well about my background in the industry. we just had a quick talk and was shown around in the office. two days later I got the offer and I singed it after two days.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Engineering at Broadcom
Posted Jun 21, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2011 (took a day)
first phone interview, two weeks later onsite interview
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Engineer at Broadcom
Posted May 16, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed May 2009 (took a day)
Just a typical interview one would have with any other companies. Five or six interviewers. All about technical questions. Most of the questions are about basics. Nothing fancy or tricky. Questions cover a wide range of topics, from transistor model, circuit, to system level as well as a little bit on the DSP side.
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The interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview.
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Engineering at Broadcom
Posted Apr 2, 2011
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2011 in Santa Clara, CA (took a day)
talked about my projects
asked about some elementary digital design knowledge, such as setup time and hold time, how to eliminate hold time
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Engineering at Broadcom
Posted Feb 27, 2011 — 0 of 1 people found this helpful
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2009 (took a day)
Phone screen than in person interview with 5 people.
People were professional and courteous.
Negotiation Details
The initial offer was take it or leave it which it was not.
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Presentation, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Skills Test and a Background Check.
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Engineer at Broadcom
Posted Oct 28, 2010
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5.0
Very Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jul 2008 (took 2+ weeks)
For the first time, phone interview by the HR recruiter for about haft an hour. After pass the HR interview the hire manager will call and interview again on the phone to see if the candidate fix for the job. If the second phone call pass then the HR will set up for in person interview with the group for another 4 people in the group.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a Background Check, a Group/Panel Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Engineer at Broadcom
Posted Sep 4, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2010 in San Jose, CA (took a day)
Phone Interview then Individual Interview with the team
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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