Hardware Test Intern Interview Experience - Rancho San Diego, California
April 1, 2013
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Process
The phone interview primarily focused on your background, as detailed on your resume, and included some simple technical questions.
An on-site interview followed one week later. No tricky questions were asked.
For this position, only basic digital and analog circuit questions, along with simple programming questions, will be asked. However, some lab skills are required.
The Broadcom hiring process is very formal, and the HR representatives are helpful. They will contact you and answer your questions via email.
Questions
No difficult questions at all:
- What's the use of a pull-up resistor?
- Do you know how to read a schematic?
- What's your solution when a chip does not work?
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The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Broadcom Hardware Test Intern role in Rancho San Diego, California.
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Pass Rate
Broadcom's interview process for their Hardware Test Intern roles in Rancho San Diego, California is incredibly easy as the vast majority of engineers get an offer after going through it.
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Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Broadcom's Hardware Test Intern interview process in Rancho San Diego, California.
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Good team discussions.
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