Broadcom Software Engineer interview experience

Even though the questions were described as basic, the difficulty came from the depth they required in RTL design fundamentals and how they connected topics like timing, synthesis, CDC, and resets.

I got asked gating-related questions and had to demonstrate solid understanding around setup/hold concepts, CDC reasoning, and how to think through design problems. The interviewers were helpful, but the bar for “good basics” was clearly high. I could feel that they weren’t looking for memorized answers; they were looking for confidence in the underlying concepts and how to apply them.

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