I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Valeo (Cairo, Cairo Governorate) in Oct 2016
Interview
the interview process took about three weeks
they informed me about the technical test and English test and then after I passed I was informed about the technical interview
the technical test wasn't so easy for me, it required reading about
* software engineering "configuration management and testing, also i was asked about tools of both of them "
* some basic info about micro controllers like "CAN and LIN and difference between them,also the speed of them, difference between Flash and EEPROM , interrupts and isr "
* C language and they focused on pointers and hard expressions to be understood, also about difference between macros and functions
the english test was about some MCQs and then reading paragraph and to be asked about the paragraphs
you will get a paper to write about a specific topic like your future plans
I waited for the interviewer for nearly 2 hours which wasn't so good although i was on time
I thought to leave the place because they didn't respect their interviewees
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
*write c function that sorts an array ascending
*if you have three char elements in an array and they were represented like "00011100 , 00011011, 00111010" in memory write c code that counts no of zeros and ones in all elements
*if you have three tanks
1st tank size is 10 L and full of water
2nd tank is 7 L and empty
3rd tank is 3 L and empty
the target is to have the 10 L tank full with 5 L only
and the 7 L tank full also with 5 L only and I don't have any additional measurements tools
* write a c code that can detect if a given array of characters is a palindrome or not
" example ababababa it can be read from left or write and they are the same"
* what is synch and asynch.
* why in asynch approach both devices agree on the baud rate and if they didnt agree on the same baud rate would it be a bad problem?
* what happens when I push a button to light up a LED? "he meant interrupt"
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at Valeo (Cairo, Cairo Governorate) in Sep 2023
Interview
i applied on may, i got the exam on june and the first interview on july and it was easy then the second interview on september and the Hr on November.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
he asked me about the difference between flash and sram, the diffeence between Avr and Arm architecture, what is the role of the timer in the input capture unit , what is the baud rate that is used with UART and the equation hat is ued in the input capture unit, then he gave me a code problem about a function that takes two numbers and return the substraction of them and what if the two numbers are larger than the integer size what is the solution?
Online exam which contain problem solving and English exam and question about programming like c and c++ and embedded c the exam was msq and write code such as hacker rank
It was so friendly and motivating. The interviewer was aiming to evaluating my technical and soft skills as well. It is not about just knowing some theoretical information, it is about understanding and being able to handle problem solving issues.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why did you use EEPROM in your smart home project?
