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      Principal Firmware Engineer Interview

      1 Jan 2025
      Anonymous interview candidate
      San Jose, CA
      Declined offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Broadcom (San Jose, CA) in Dec 2023

      Interview

      Straight forward. Basic initial phone screen, followed by onsite interview mostly coding exercises. The exercises ranged from simple standalone problems to more complex exercises that implemented certain embedded software functionalities.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Implement a scheduling algorithm for an embedded system.
      Answer question

      Other Principal Firmware Engineer interview reviews for Broadcom

      Principal Firmware Engineer Interview

      3 May 2014
      Anonymous employee
      San Diego, CA
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Broadcom (San Diego, CA) in Nov 2011

      Interview

      Phone interview screening and then I met 8 persons on site. A lot of technical questions based on my resume

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Nothing really unexpected
      Answer question

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