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Engineer/Member of Technical Staff, Electrical, Digital Systems Design was asked...November 29, 2021

Asked about experience and resume as well as experience with their tools.

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They said it was nice if candidates had experience with Libero

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SanDisk

Very vague, focused on specific things they did not my experience, technical questions more like an exam " RCG type: not suited for some one with 20 years exprience

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I did my best, however, I was not comfortable because questions were mostly vauge. Less

MaxLinear

Why would people come if I try to hire them into Maxlinear.

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Because they have followed before.

ABC

Why do you want to join our company

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I stated my skills required for the profile and explained why i am the best candidate for the post. Less

Broadcom

What is your weakness?

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Broadcom

rise edge detector, but with delayed out out, and additional config for neg edge

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Broadcom

how to mitigate effects of meta-stability?

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Broadcom

During phone round, questions were asked from my resume and about my projects. During onsite, I had 5 rounds one round digital design questions ....not too tough one round white board solutions of a logical problem using some programming language ( even pseudo code works ) one round, to talk about my favorite project One round , lunch with a teammate ...mostly behavioral One round of scripting / Behavioral questions ( having scripting knowledge is helpful )

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I was able to answer most of the questions. They were looking for clarity in my answers ( if i understand the concepts etc ) and mostly am I confident Less

Cypress Semiconductor

Logical problem solving

PMC-Sierra

Present the previous projects

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Presented the previous designs I've did. I was asked many questions about the details, dilemmas, decisions etc. Less

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