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. I interviewed at Broadcom (Fort Collins, CO) in Jul 2022
Interview
The process went pretty smoothly until the offer came. I got the offer and sent an email asking clarifying questions as shown below. The manager was clearly upset that I asked about WFH for a second time. However, after reading that the job description stated, “ This position is an in-office position; working remotely is not available without corporate direction.” I wanted to verify that it absolutely was not a possibility because the description seemed to suggest corporate could allow for it. She emailed me back, upset about the questions I asked. Within an hour or so I got a call stating that based on the emails I had sent with my questions that they would rescind the offer. The questions seem very routine to me so I’m sure I dodged a bullet not getting this position.
1. Do you write API documentation?
I am currently looking to learn more about APIs and I'm enjoying developing my skill-set with API documentation at my current job and want to know if that is possible at Broadcom.
2. I know we've discussed that this is an entirely in-office position. Is work-from-home completely off the table or would there be room for negotiation for even one day a week?
3. I am really looking for a company that values work/life balance. How flexible is the work schedule? Is flex-time an option?
4. Do you have somebody I can reach out to about how they feel about work culture within the department?
5. I realize I asked this in a previous email but thought I'd tack it onto this one so there aren't two emails about it. How long would I have to use the $35,000 moving budget? I would be hoping to move my family eventually but I would still need to leave them with a home here in Utah until that is possible. In previous companies I've had up to a year to use that budget. Is it the same at Broadcom?
I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Broadcom (Hyderabad) in Jul 2022
Interview
Got the call from recruitment agency.
Then Broadcom manager scheduled first round where he asked 2 coding questions & a few general questions.
It took about 70 mins.
Then he scheduled another round of discussion saying next will be designing round.
Next round was taken by some other person & its was not on system design, Java questions were asked where I messed on 2-3 simple questions. And the discussion was cut short to 30 mins.
In one question I knew I am missing something which interviewer could have corrected, but no.
So its a red flag in itself.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Level order printing of tree & other general Java questions.
Got a call from HR for details and for setting a technical interview date. In the technical interview were two people that asked me one question. After a few days got a call from one of the technical interview guys with the answer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Asked one question to implement a smart array that has 3 properties:
1. Can be initialized in constant time.
2. Can get array cell value in constant time.
2. Can set array cell value in constant time.