Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Broadcom as 75% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Software Engineer and Sales Manager rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Digital Sales Associate and Sales Manager roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at Broadcom takes an average of 14 days when considering 4 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Software Engineer had the quickest hiring process (on average 14 days), whereas Software Engineer roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 14 days).
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Broadcom
Interview
Applied through employee referral. 1 round phone interview(45 mins)+onsite interview(6 hours). Asked about projects on my resume, STA, DFT techniques such as scan, Logic/memory Bist, JTAG, ATPG algorithm, stuck-at fault/transition fault, LOC/LOS and also some behavior questions. Some of the questions are not so easy for new graduates.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Draw the state diagram of the TAP controller in JTAG
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Broadcom in Feb 2013
Interview
Telephonic round through College placement cell: Asked about basic Computer Arch concepts, VLSI Design and Digital Design concepts. Selected in Telephonic round followed by F2F which was more of a general discussion
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Pipelining in CPUs
2. Adder circuits and optimisation.
3. Perl/Assemby/C
4. Computer Architecture/ Cache organization
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Broadcom in Jan 2015
Interview
Contacted by HR after applying on company website. I had an initial phone screen with the hiring manager. Was contacted a day later and invited for an on site interview.
I interviewed with a total of 8 people including the hiring manager. Each interviewer focused on a particular skill set or body of knowledge. There were no trick questions or gotchas.
I was told at the interview that hiring decisions had to be unanimous. Recruiter contacted me a week later with offer
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explain the phenomenom of Doppler.
Advantages and disadvantages of spread spectrum communications
Is it possible to design a communication system with zero probability of error and if so what would the trade-off.