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 online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Broadcom in Dec 2010
Interview
Applied online. After two weeks got an email to setup a phone interview. Talked with the hiring manager. First he asked me to introduce myself. Then asked some technical question based on my introduction. Then asked some questions like "have you ever used simulink in MATLAB" and availability. It took 30 mintues. I guess it was not a good match. Almost one month passed, on response yet.
The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Broadcom (Sunnyvale, CA) in Apr 2010
Interview
Phone interview:
I had a phone interview for 1 hour with hiring manager about my previous experience, skills, knowlege horizons, my interests and what I wanted to do in future. Wasn't as tough as personal interview.
Personal interview:
Had a one day onsite interview with 6 people including hiring manager for lunch.
Questions on:
Board layout and design
OFDM techniques and wireless pack
Test techniques and scripting related questions, I was proficient in C and they were looking for TCL, Python, perl
algorithms was good enough for interview
Test setup related questions.
Combo chips related questions
Could you put in all components of a RF board schematic in a block diagram.
Phase noise measurements.
IQ imbalance checks
out of band measurements
Receiver measurements and validation.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Broadcom (San Diego, CA) in Sep 2010
Interview
The whole process from initial phone screen to the actual written offer took less than two weeks and gave me an impression of a well oiled machine. Recruiters and interviewers were efficient and "to the point" the whole time. The face-to-face interview consisted of a Group interview, which lasted an hour and one-on-one meetings with most of the Group interview participants. The overall impression was very positive. Apparently on both sides.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why did you leave job A when you transferred to job B in the past?