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Updated Apr 8, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Applications Engineer at PMC-Sierra
Posted Apr 8, 2012
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2011 in Sunnyvale, CA (took 3 weeks)
1) Telephonic interview. (30 minutes approximately)
2) Face to face interview with manager and 2 team members.(1 hour each)
Negotiation Details
A rise upto 4% of base salary. No negotiation for benefits
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Background Check.
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Engineering at PMC-Sierra
Posted Mar 26, 2012
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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 Jun 2010 (took 5 days)
Telephone Interview(Computer Based)+OnSite
Interview Questions
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I applied In-Person and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Firmware Engineer at PMC-Sierra
Posted Mar 25, 2012
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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 Nov 2011 (took a day)
The Interview was straight forward. It was a phone interview screening. During that time the questions covered the basics of Firmware and Software. The manager I talked to was polite. After each question he responded back with the answer to the question. He also explained the typical tasks that are required for the position. Afterwards he provided a list of topics to help prepare for the on-site interview.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Verification Engineer at PMC-Sierra
Posted Feb 4, 2012
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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 Feb 2010 in Burnaby, BC (Canada) (took 4+ weeks)
The HR contacted me for the position to schedule a phone interview in the next few days. The phone interview was scheduled for 45 mins.
The interviewer asked several basic coding questions including reversing a linked list and many bit manipulation questions. Also a simple math related question at the end
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I applied In-Person and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a Skills Test.
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Product Design Engineer at PMC-Sierra
Posted Jan 10, 2012
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3.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2011 (took 2 days)
Interviewed with the hiring manager oncampus. The interview as mainly related to the resume, academic projects etc. Almost all questions were technical. They also discussed their products and told me what I would be working on if hired. This was then followed by an onsite interview which consisted of 7 1:1 interviews. Again all technical related to ASIC design and verification.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Firmware Engineer at PMC-Sierra
Posted Nov 8, 2011
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5.0
Very Difficult Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2011 in Sunnyvale, CA (took 4 weeks)
There were initially two phone screen interviews. Onsite interview consist of 5 engineers follow by manager.
I was surprise that all engineers was asking questions in a way that they want to prove that you know nothing. There was not match between position and questions that they were asking. Typical question was
how DDR memory identify in the system? How OS knows how much memory you plugged in DDR slot?
What is the algorithm behind that? I don't know how that group was managed? All the guys were there from previous acquired company. I strongly believe that if you don't have any job then appear for this company's
interview.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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ASIC Verification/Design Engineer at PMC-Sierra
Posted Apr 26, 2011
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2011 in Allentown, PA (took a day)
The on-site interview lasted for a day. Questions are mostly focus on my background and project experience. RTL stuff, VHDL/Verilog are involved. The interviewers are very nice.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Product Design Engineer at PMC-Sierra
Posted Apr 15, 2011
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2011 in Allentown, PA (took 2 weeks)
People are very nice, and they asked about school projects and VHDL/C++ questions.
Interview Questions
Other Details
I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Verification Engineer at PMC-Sierra
Posted Mar 30, 2011
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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 Feb 2011 (took 2 weeks)
Questions about the school projects. People are very nice.
Interview Questions
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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DSP Digital Design Engineer at PMC-Sierra
Posted Mar 2, 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 Sep 2010 in Montreal, QC (Canada) (took 2 days)
The company usually conduct 4 interviews on an average. You are interviewed by leads in BC (HQ) as well as in Montreal.
My first interview was with a lead from BC, he was friendly and was mostly interested in my background. Asked me basic DSP question (If you are familiar with basic concepts this is straightforward)
This job requires the knowledge of digital design, which was the theme of my 2nd interview.
Overall, I'd say the interview process intense but not difficult.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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