I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at National Instruments (Austin, TX)
Interview
Phone screen first which is at similar difficult level as to what they will ask for on-site interview .
The hard part for on-site interview is preparing a 45 minutes technical presentations to a group of audience.
One on one interviews are followed, and they usually have similar questions.
The interview is all about technical questions. The questions can range from analog, digital and C++ programming language. They would also ask about your projects that you have done in your university.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given a circuit and a blank space in the circuit. Also give are three components, resistor, inductor and capacitor. Of the three components, what component should I add to get a specific waveform?
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at National Instruments
Interview
On Campus Interview. The interview lasted an hour and consisted of half behavioral and half technical questions. The behavioral questions were simple but the technical questions were kind of difficult as the questions asked I haven't taken the course for yet.
I applied through university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at National Instruments (Austin, TX) in Oct 2017
Interview
Spoke with recruiters at university career fair and earned an interview the next morning on campus. Initial interview was about half an hour long and consisted of half behavioral questions and half technical questions. About a month later, they reached out to set up an on-site interview. They paid for travel, the hotel stay, and gave a per diem. The interview process started early in the morning with breakfast and a quick tour. There were three interviews with engineers from different departments, consisting of mostly technical questions, and a follow up interview with someone from HR.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe how you would go about finding a signal using an oscilloscope.