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Spacecraft Intern at EchoStar
No Offer – Interviewed in Gilbert, AZ Mar 2013 – Reviewed Apr 21, 2013
Interview Details – Had a phone interview, which was the typical HR style question.
Interview Question – What was the most difficult situation you had in engineering school? Answer Question
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Software Engineer at EchoStar
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Mar 2013 – Reviewed Mar 23, 2013
Interview Details – as far as I know, basically there will be at least 3 round of interviews. In the first round, you will be interviewed by HR. Just very simply background questions about yourself, your experiences etc. The second round phone interview will come from engineer. You will be asked very foundamental technical questions. The third round will be on-site. A group of engineers will interview you technical stuff.
Interview Question – How to use threads in protocol implementation? Answer Question
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Embedded Software Engineer Intern at EchoStar
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Rapid City, SD – Reviewed Feb 12, 2013
Interview Details – I interviewed with Echostar when the came to my schools career fair.
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Embedded Software Engineer at EchoStar
No Offer – Interviewed in Atlanta, GA Oct 2012 – Reviewed Oct 31, 2012
Interview Details –
It was well-organized. There were six candidates and we were brought in for breakfast before being split up into two groups - one group had their interviews while the other was given a tour of the facilities. Lunch followed with the team and the groups were switched, after which we were given a small product demonstration, an overview of the benefits offered, before we were let go for the day.
My interview in itself was based on my resume for the most part, with some C code analysis thrown in.
I'm still waiting on their decision to be made.
Interview Question – Was there a time where you were required to work on behalf of other members of your team? Answer Question
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Human Resources Representative at EchoStar
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Denver, CO – Reviewed Oct 24, 2012
Interview Details – Three or four interviews. Staffing Manager, HR Rep (Peer), VP of HR. They look for education, promotability, work ethic (willing to put in the hours eve/weekends) VP of HR is a genuinely nice person, or used to be.
Negotiation Details – They agreed to slightly more, not much, then said they would consider more at review time six month later. They kept to their word and gave me more at that time.
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Summer Intern at EchoStar
No Offer – Interviewed in West Lafayette, IN Sep 2012 – Reviewed Oct 10, 2012
Interview Details – Met them at the Career Fair. Ended talking with them at the fair for around 45 minutes. With Echostar, be prepared for a technical interview. The interview itself was relaxed. They ask you about the items you put on your resume.
Interview Question – Please write some code to show you would implement a Singleton Pattern. Answer Question
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Engineer I at EchoStar
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Cheyenne, WY Apr 2010 – Reviewed Aug 16, 2012
Interview Details – Very informal, took 6 months of me calling every week to get information out of the company. Simple face to face interview with them concentrating on my team work skills rather than technical skills.
Interview Question – Was I looking to stay at the company longer than a year or two. I informed them that would depend on how the environment and job satisfaction was, and if compensation was adequate. View Answer
Negotiation Details – They just told me what they were offering, no negotiation.
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Product Manager at EchoStar
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in San Jose, CA Apr 2010 – Reviewed May 31, 2012
Interview Details –
interview process Moderate
On Site interview
Multiple interviewers
Interview Question – Past experience? Answer Question
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Embedded Software Engineer at EchoStar
Declined Offer – Interviewed in Atlanta, GA Oct 2011 – Reviewed Oct 3, 2011
Interview Details –
The process started my schools (Clemson) career fair. After Talking to the two representatives they took my resume and invited me to an on campus interview the next day. Most of the questions were based off my resume with few technical questions. A few weeks later I received an email inviting me to their "career day" where they brought in about 15 other interviewees. They split us into two groups and interviewed the first group and gave the second group a tour and had them fill out some paper work. Then the two groups switched. We were fed lunch then it was over around 2pm.
The technical questions asked were along the lines of
Question: What happens when you try to free a null pointer
Question: What is the difference between a process and a thread
Question: What is the difference between the stack and the heap
Question: What is "yoda conditions"
Answer: this is an obscure question so i'll provide an answer.
Normally you'd write an if conditional like this: if( ch1 == '_' ); however, if you use yoda conditions "if('_' == ch1) { ... }" it allows the compiler to catch the occasional typo "if('_' = ch1) { ..}" i.e. the compiler will say you cannot assign a value to a constant thus catching your error (not typing if('_' == ch1)).
Also they gave us a print out of a program with several errors and we had to identify them all and give suggestions on how to correct them. Make you know what a unit8 is and how using that could be bad for processing a string.
Interview Questions
- What happens when you try to free a null pointer View Answer
- What is the difference between a process and a thread View Answer
- What is the difference between the stack and the heap View Answer
- What is the deference between a semaphore and a mutex View Answer
Reason for Declining – Had a better offer with a better company
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Sustaining Engineer at EchoStar
No Offer – Interviewed in Atlanta, GA Aug 2011 – Reviewed Sep 12, 2011
Interview Details – I applied online and after sometime got an email saying that a manager would like to do a phone interview. It took some days to set up the interview time. The interview was to be about a week from the initial contact. There was some confusion with the time zone difference, so had to reschedule. At the end of the interview, the manager told me that if I do not get any response in 2 weeks, that means I am no longer considered for further interviews. By then, I figured it was the end of the road for me.
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- Introduce yourself Answer Question
- Describe your documentation skills Answer Question
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