Wish it were still around
Wish it were still around
This company appreciated experienced professionals, perhaps to a fault. It was a bit disorganized, like a start-up would be, yet it's a mature company. So, management and hiring managers tended to prefer experienced staff to make up for the lack of robust processes and procedures.
Lack of robust process and procedures. The engineering team is not fully engaged with the manufacturing team – the 'silo' model for product introduction and support.
Purchasing Foundry Networks was this company's downfall. Trying to get into the commodity and highly competitive enterprise-router-switcher business was a mistake. Brocade should have remained focused on Storage Area Networking products.
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Broadcom Interview Experiences
Quality Engineer
Initial phone interview by an HR person. Followed by in-person and on-site interviews with two team members plus the hiring manager. The questions were equally divided between technical knowledge and skills versus work style.
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
Quality Engineer
San Jose, California, United StatesOctober 3, 2018Initial phone interview by an HR person. Followed by in-person and on-site interviews with two team members plus the hiring manager. The questions were equally divided between technical knowledge and skills versus work style.
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
