I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Broadcom in Nov 2014
Interview
got an email to set up technical interview. Interview was for 30 mins. the position is related to the 802.11 WLAN. the question were asked on OFDM and then questions are related my projects . Few questions on adaptive modulation , pathloss and fading topics.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is OFDM? multi carrier modulation vs Single carrier modulation?
First the interviewer gave me several fundamental questions about analog circuit, e.g. how to determine the small signal gain of a common source stage. Then he went through my project in my CV and asked me some related questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How to solve the convergence problem of PSS simulation?
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Broadcom in Mar 2014
Interview
Telephonic call. Started with college scheme for internship. What have you done in your curriculum, mainly focused on projects that i did during my learning. As the job was in networking domain mostly the focus on the projects i did related to that. Explained them about one of my project what were the challenges, what are the application how it is different then the existing one. You have to justify the programming language also. i.e. why you have chosen C as programming language. Explain each and every module of the software. After that there were some of C questions. Some logical questions. Which are mentioned in below question section. After that he asked me a puzzle. It is not necessary to solve puzzle but more important is the intent towards solving it. Luckily i was able to solve it. After that he asked me if i have any doubt related to the work and if i want to know about the company. Ask him some of the general questions about the work and the other department show some intent. Straight away there was a positive feedback from the interviewer (that he want to see me as a part of the team). End the interview ended on a positive tone.
Interview questions [5]
Question 1
Dynamic memory allocation vs static memory allocation: give scenario where you choose one of them and tell me why? What happens of both the allocation in physical level?