I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Avago Technologies (Norcross, GA) in Dec 2014
Interview
Initially hiring manager talked over the phone. Then a technical phone interview for about 45 mins. This was followed by a whole day onsite face to face interview (apx. 6 hrs), Several technical rounds with couple of interviews by managers.
There were several C programming questions on data structure and algorithms. particularly few questions on trees.
They went through my resume in great detail. There were some personality type questions too. e.g.. what will you do when someone comes with a problem when you are about to leave the office
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
there were several C programming questions on data structure and algorithms. particularly few questions on trees. for example:
- write a C function to reverse a linked list
- write an algorithm to find lowest common ancestor between two nodes of a binary tree
- solve tower of hanoi problem
I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Avago Technologies (San Jose, CA) in Jan 2011
Interview
Got a call and a few screening questions. Met with the manager and other engineers for general questions then a separate meeting with engineers for more depth. Questions were relevant and well thought out for the job. Got a call back then returned to meet with senior manager and HR person. The whole process was pretty quick.
Firmware Development Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Avago Technologies with 3.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 80.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Firmware Development Engineer roles take an average of 19 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Avago Technologies overall takes an average of 21 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Avago Technologies as a Firmware Development Engineer according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 25%
Skills test: 25%
Background check: 13%
Group panel interview: 13%
Personality test: 13%
One on one interview: 13%
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