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      Software Development Engineer Interview

      Feb 28, 2019
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Bengaluru
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Arm (Bengaluru) in Jan 2019

      Interview

      A telephonic Interview was scheduled first. After that they called me onsite for a F2F interview. C and OS basics are mandatory. Computer architecture course from good university is a big plus. Work requires knowledge of ARM architecture and RTOS.

      Interview questions [9]

      Question 1

      Task queuing in RTOS
      Answer question

      Question 2

      Priority Inversion, how to avoid in RTOS
      Answer question

      Question 3

      Interrupt handling and managing as top half and bottom half in RTOS
      Answer question

      Question 4

      Concept of tasklets
      Answer question

      Question 5

      Count no of set bits in a 32 bit no. You can't run the loop blindly for 32 times. it has to be dynamic
      Answer question

      Question 6

      Reverse a string. Don't use a temporary variable for swapping
      Answer question

      Question 7

      What are processes carried out in background if a file is opened by user
      Answer question

      Question 8

      Concepts of IOCTL, system calls and handlers.
      Answer question

      Question 9

      Function Pointers. Why they are useful in handlers.
      Answer question

      Other Software Development Engineer Interview Reviews for Arm

      Software Development Engineer Interview

      Aug 27, 2025
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Manipal
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Arm (Manipal) in Aug 2025

      Interview

      Online test was: MCQs Technical & Aptitude with 2 DSA easy questions. Languages Available for the OT were only C/C++. Technical Round 1 (After OT shortlist): Medium DSA. String question. question Pen & paper based Resume internship based questions Technical Round 2: Easy DSA: TwoSum Asked about trees, OS concepts.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Leetcode TwoSum problem, asked to solve on notepad
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