Staff Test Engineer Interview Experience - Sunnyvale, California
Process
Phone interview:
I had a one-hour phone interview with the hiring manager. We discussed my previous experience, skills, knowledge horizons, my interests, and my future career aspirations. It wasn't as tough as an in-person interview.
Personal interview:
I had a one-day onsite interview with six people, including the hiring manager, and participated in a lunch meeting.
Questions covered the following topics:
- Board layout and design
- OFDM techniques and wireless packets
- Test techniques and scripting questions. I was proficient in C, but they were looking for TCL, Python, and Perl.
- Algorithms were good enough for the interview.
- Test setup related questions.
- Combo chips related questions.
Questions
OFDM techniques in wireless: why are they used?
Could you put in all components of an RF board schematic in a block diagram?
Phase noise measurements
IQ imbalance checks
Out-of-band measurements
Receiver measurements and validation
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Interview Statistics
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Success Rate
Broadcom's interview process for their Staff Test Engineer roles in Sunnyvale, California is incredibly easy as the vast majority of engineers get an offer after going through it.
Experience Rating
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