Processor Verification Engineer Interview Experience - San Jose, California
Process
Two phone interviews.
Both had similar questions asked by different people:
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Pipeline, stages, hazards, how to avoid them.
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How to implement these.
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Register forwarding implementation.
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Register renaming implementation.
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Why not many stages in a pipeline.
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Retire time.
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Cache LRU algorithm?
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Cache sets and ways given. Calculate the cache size.
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Physical to VA translation!!
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Assembly knowledge? Give pseudo-code to reverse data in an 8-byte register.
Second phone screen has almost similar questions.
Graphics related questions:
- Explain various stages of a GPU pipeline.
- What happens.
- What's vertex/pixel?
Questions
Questions were asked from a design point of view.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Broadcom Processor Verification Engineer role in San Jose, California.
Success Rate
Broadcom's interview process for their Processor Verification Engineer roles in San Jose, California is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Broadcom's Processor Verification Engineer interview process in San Jose, California.
Broadcom Work Experiences
- 4.0Good Pay, No BalanceQA Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Jose, California, United StatesMarch 15, 2019Pros: Good pay if you work hard.Cons: No work/life balance. Too much work.
- 3.0Hard Work, Heavy LoadSenior Engineer • Former EmployeeSan Jose, California, United StatesJune 16, 2021Pros: If you work hard, you get good pay.Cons: Heavy workload. No work-life balance.
- 3.0An ok place to work, but senior management has vision issues when running the companyPrincipal Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Jose, California, United StatesOctober 3, 2008Pros: It is a place making all kinds of comm ICs, if that fits your major.Cons: The company has tried so hard to keep the growth and randomly bidding on non-existing opportunities. It is pretty painful to see there is no long-term benefit; options are still worthless after 5 years working here.
