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Principal Engineer Software Development Interview Experience - Santa Clara, California

January 1, 2013
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Process

One day interview.

Five rounds:

Four technical rounds:

  1. Software Architecture and Coding question.

  2. Networking and Storage Networking protocols.

  3. Coding and Algorithm questions, whiteboard and analysis.

  4. Operating systems and Kernel / Driver questions.

  5. Interview with Leaders (Director and Manager) and Offer.

Questions

Design a semaphore in a multi-processor system with locking and lockless approaches.

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