I applied through an employee referral. The process took 9 months. I interviewed at National Instruments (Santa Rosa, CA) in Mar 2011
Interview
The interview was very involved and structured. The interview process required creating a presentation, which covered a previous design or significant body of work. The interview day began with the 45 minute presentation, followed by 15 minutes of questions and answers. There were three technical interviews before lunch, and then an HR interview, behavioral interview and an interview with the hiring manager. The hiring manager did a good job preparing me for the interview, which included meeting with me several times before the interview day and reviewing my presentation slides. After the interview concluded, I did not hear anything from the hiring manager for 3 weeks. Upon contacting them we met for a final meeting to negotiate the terms of employment. Being persistent seemed to help after the interview. NI seems to be the kind of company that is very careful with who they extend an offer to, and weren't ready to extend an official offer without negotiating all aspects of the job and compensation.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you choose a window for a Fast Fourier Transform, and why would you choose one window over another?
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at National Instruments (Atlanta, GA) in Feb 2016
Interview
it is a 30-45 mins 1-1 interview locating at a hotel conference room near my college.
I met the interviewer on the campus career fair and info session.
They let me choose to have technical or behavior interview first.
The overall interview is not that hard.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Design a State Machine, and analyze the delays.
Review some projects on the resume.
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at National Instruments
Interview
On-campus interview. It was two behavioral questions plus some technical questions. I was interviewed by two hardware engineers. They were cordial and very helpful. They helped me along when I was unsure of how to proceed with the problem. They were planning to ask me more technical questions, but we ran out of time.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a time when you had to research something and apply it to your project.
Design a circuit for a 101 detector.
Design a circuit for a 101 detector, and let the output be high for 3 clock cycles after sequence detected.
I applied through college or university. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at National Instruments (Ann Arbor, MI) in Oct 2015
Interview
The intern interview lasts about 45 minutes and includes 3 parts: 1) ask some personal information like visa status, graduation date. 2) ask you to describe two personal experiences on problem solving and designing. 3) Give you 15 minutes to solve a problem on digital circuit. Of course, the rest of time is Q&A
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a experience that you encounter a difficult problem which takes you a very long time, says months, to solve it. What's the problem and how did you figure out and solve it?
