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Phone screening. I got the offer thru employee reference, and one of the team members called and asked some basic questions and gave me coding exercises. He spoke about the team and its work.

It was a typical technical interview, went over resume projects, and some conceptual questions on C and firmware in general. Interviewer was interested in details in projects and answers. Asked about assembly-related stuff as well.

I first started as an intern in the Firmware Team, working on NVMe products. At the conclusion of my internship, management was satisfied with my performance and directly offered me a full-time firmware engineer position within the same team. Furthe