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Principal Software Engineer at Broadcom
Posted Aug 16, 2010
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4.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2010 in San Jose, CA (took a day)
Interview consisted of writing programs in C -for string sorting , factorial, basic logic questions
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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 an IQ/Intelligence Test.
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Principal Software Engineer at Broadcom
Posted Aug 7, 2010
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4.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2010 in Irvine, CA (took a day)
My phone interview went well, mostly. I have been a Java programmer for years. The position was for a C++ programmer. I had done a few C++ projects, but really only engaged in those efforts after the libraries were built and design done. I was asked a rather obscure question that I thought would have dropped me from the running. But, later I was invited to fly out for an interview.
It turned out that they really liked me because I had deep understanding of a particular technology and technique area related to systems management that they needed.
Likewise, the onsite interview was gauntlet of technical questions, most of which I nailed. There were a few Microsoft like puzzle questions. But the first session was with the recruiter who told me about there novel bonus structure.
I was asked if I could work nights and weekends on occasions. I noticed during lunch onsite that there were only young people there. I got the distinct impression that they work their people hard with long hours and tough scheduled. I was warned of this possibility by this site. All of the people I had met were recent immigrants, which was only a curiosity to me.
It seems like the manager really wanted to hire me.
I interviewed with his boss, last session of the day. He described their architecture. I pointed out a rather significant flaw with the design. I should not have done that. Later, I was told I was not offered the job because the interview ended badly. Hmmm.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Skills Test.
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Principal Software Engineer at Broadcom
Posted Aug 22, 2009
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jul 2009 in Santa Clara, CA (took a day)
To start witha recruiter scheduled a telephonic interview with a hiring manager who was himself a Sr. Principal engineer . The interview went for an hour.
The interview was difficult and looked like the interviewer seem to questions more based on his specific work domain experience. Mostly the questions were in embedded os concepts, C language, difference between C and C++, how C++ destructors get called and internal virtual pointers tables etc. Some deep questions on tcp/ip, windowing. Diffrence between tcp and udp. The interview was very technical.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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