Firmware Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Trimble with 3 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 53% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Firmware Engineer roles take an average of 11 days to get hired, when considering 5 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Trimble overall takes an average of 23 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Trimble as a Firmware Engineer according to 5 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 27%
Background check: 18%
One on one interview: 18%
Group panel interview: 18%
Drug test: 9%
Presentation: 9%
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I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Trimble (Virginia Beach, VA) in Apr 2008
Interview
I submit my resume on a website, then their recruiter called me if I am interested. The phone interview was about two days later. I got the call from hiring manager and asked some technical question. then asked me to on-site interview. The questions of on-site are c/c++ , operating system, some basic network question.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1 what is priority inversion?
2 what is the biggest challenge in your previous projects? how you solve it
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Trimble (Sunnyvale, CA) in Jul 2018
Interview
Interview process was pretty straight forward starting with telephonic round followed by onsite interviews. Onsite interviews consisted of 5 1/2 hrs interviews. All the team was pretty co-operative and helped me to get to the answer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
C programming questions (Had a C code printed and asked what will be the output)., Data Structures, Linked list
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Trimble (Broomfield, CO) in May 2010
Interview
Got the interview through campus career fair where they asked me c/c++/embedded questions. Was asked to come into their office where i was interviewed by each member of the team hiring (about 6-7). I was asked general entry level questions about embedded systems/firmware/wireless communication/my projects/testing etc.