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 2 weeks. I interviewed at Broadcom in Jul 2008
Interview
For the first time, phone interview by the HR recruiter for about haft an hour. After pass the HR interview the hire manager will call and interview again on the phone to see if the candidate fix for the job. If the second phone call pass then the HR will set up for in person interview with the group for another 4 people in the group.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Broadcom (Hunt Valley, MD) in Sep 2010
Interview
This firm recruits using both contractors and regular full time employees. I interviewed as a contractor. I was told that I had an excellent resume but then the 1:1 interview took less than 20 minutes. The interviewer seemed unfocused and distracted. This initial interview also did not bring in the actual account managers and project managers for the interview. It almost seemed like the position was filled after they scheduled the interview but didn't bother to cancel with me. Overall, it felt like a waste of time.
I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Broadcom (San Jose, CA) in Oct 2010
Interview
Got a phone interview followed by 2 on site interviews. Phone interview consisted tech qts on FSM design, rtl coding. The on site rounds qts were based on fsm, c++ oop concepts, rtl design, puzzle qts. My 1st round went from 9am to 5:30pm with lunch break of an hr. My 2nd onsite went from 2pm to 5:30pm.
All above process took about 3 months !!!!!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Cross bar design, with different algos for arbitration.