Broadcom·Software Engineer

Broadcom Software Engineer interview experience

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Austin, TXPosted Jun 2016 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

After a recruiter-style start, I ended up doing a mix of phone and on-site conversations where the tone felt pretty normal and focused on fit.

The phone interview leaned on my resume plus a few general design questions, and then the on-site shifted into me talking through my projects in more detail.

The technical questions stayed grounded in the work—digital design and Verilog came up a lot. I also got asked a handful of Linux and scripting-related topics, including Verilog coding plus questions that touched on how I approach scripting (I was specifically asked about Perl-style scripting). A couple prompts felt more domain-adjacent too, like VLSI considerations and power-related issues, and I was asked whether I was familiar with

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