Random Pay Freezes
Random Pay Freezes
Good share price appreciation, especially with (one-off) 7-year RSU grants. Tight financial management. Very little business travel. Some excellent engineers and managers.
CEO broken promise on health insurance (upon Broadcom acquisition).
Pay freezes with no logical justification, but employee benefit costs still rise.
Quotas for higher grades, making timely promotion impossible.
Company-wide edicts.
Some business units are very resistant to change. Many are just staying to milk the shares, putting in as little effort as possible.
Remove grade quotas.
Cap employee benefit contribution to average pay adjustment.
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Broadcom Interview Experiences
Software Engineer
The interview process included one or two phone calls, followed by a few hours on-site. The on-site interview was mostly technical and involved a few different interviewers. I applied directly online.
Principal Firmware Engineer
Straightforward. The process involved a basic initial phone screen, followed by an onsite interview that consisted mostly of coding exercises. These exercises ranged from simple standalone problems to more complex ones that implemented specific embed
STA Engineer
Simple and normal. However, even if you do the interview very well, they will interview many people behind you, and you don't know how it will turn out for you eventually.
Software Engineer
San Jose, California, United StatesMay 16, 2025The interview process included one or two phone calls, followed by a few hours on-site. The on-site interview was mostly technical and involved a few different interviewers. I applied directly online.
Principal Firmware Engineer
San Jose, California, United StatesDecember 1, 2023Straightforward. The process involved a basic initial phone screen, followed by an onsite interview that consisted mostly of coding exercises. These exercises ranged from simple standalone problems to more complex ones that implemented specific embed
STA Engineer
San Jose, California, United StatesJune 2, 2023Simple and normal. However, even if you do the interview very well, they will interview many people behind you, and you don't know how it will turn out for you eventually.
