Graduate, Software Applications Engineer Interview Experience - Hsinchu, Taiwan
Process
You will first receive a call from Japan, and then HR will quickly arrange the first interview with the hiring manager, and if it goes well, the second interview with the engineer will be arranged soon.
The whole process took about a month. There were two interviews in total. During the interview process, the interviewers are very kind, and they don't mind telling you some professional information that you have not been exposed to.
Questions
The hiring manager will ask you to introduce yourself in English, and then there will be an interview in Chinese. He will ask you about your course experience, the difficulties you encountered in learning and development, and how you solved them.
The engineer will ask some questions related to the CPU architecture, including big endian and little endian, and some C-related questions, and it will not be very difficult.
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Interview Statistics
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Success Rate
Arm's interview process for their Graduate, Software Applications Engineer roles in Hsinchu, Taiwan is incredibly easy as the vast majority of engineers get an offer after going through it.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Arm's Graduate, Software Applications Engineer interview process in Hsinchu, Taiwan.
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