First round virtual with manager:
Five in person rounds with validation and design team members.
Questions on Project Experience and Testing Experience
Many technical questions:
Digital Circuits, RLC, Power, Signal Busses,
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you troubleshoot I2C line issues,
How to improve efficiency of a boost converter
Two rounds of interviews with mostly technical questions. A lot of emphasis on RF and transmission line theory, as well as testing automation. Study up on network parameters, transmission line, and OOP.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe the expected S-parameter of a coaxial wire.
Electrical Validation Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Astera Labs with 3.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 45.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Common stages of the interview process at Astera Labs as a Electrical Validation Engineer according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 50%
Skills test: 50%
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