The interview consisted of an hour-long initial phone screen, followed by a "round robin" interview with many other candidates. Both interviews were almost completely technical. They didn't seem interested in getting to know the candidates, only in how they could perform under pressure with technical problems.

Phone Interview (1 hour, purely technical)

• Q: What is a watchdog timer? A: Correct
• Q: What is atomic programming/non-locking operation? A: I don't know
• Q: What is concurrency and multithreading? A: Correct
• Q: What is the static keyword? A: Correct
• Q: What is the volatile keyword? A: Correct
• Programming Problem (live): Reverse a linked list A: Correct

In-Person Interview (Round Robin, 4 interviews, 30 minutes each, whiteboard)

• I1: Add a new node to a linked list A: Mostly correct
• I2: Embedded systems questions, low-level programming question using "malloc" A: Incorrect, did not perform well
• I3: Function that takes a 2D array representing a "Sudoku board" and checks if it is a possible board. A: Mostly correct
• I4: Reverse string function, reverse words function, binary tree questions A: Correct