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They asked me to explain control systems in a real-world scenario. I explained using the example of a cruise control system in cars—where the controller continuously monitors the vehicle speed and adjusts the throttle to maintain the desired speed despite road slope or wind disturbances.
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Hardware Engineer

Interviewed at MathWorks

4.3
Sep 14, 2025

They asked me to explain control systems in a real-world scenario. I explained using the example of a cruise control system in cars—where the controller continuously monitors the vehicle speed and adjusts the throttle to maintain the desired speed despite road slope or wind disturbances.

I don't think it is fair to give away questions for the efforts the interview panel has put in to formulate. One will surely enjoy the process. All technical questions are around fundamentals. If you are strong in it, the interview must be easy.
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Senior Hardware Design Engineer

Interviewed at Imagination Technologies

2.9
Nov 13, 2020

I don't think it is fair to give away questions for the efforts the interview panel has put in to formulate. One will surely enjoy the process. All technical questions are around fundamentals. If you are strong in it, the interview must be easy.

1. Draw the CMOS circuit for NAND gate and explain it's working. 2. Difference between Low pass filter and High pass filter. 3. Frequency response of unit step function. 4. What is sampling and aliasing? 5. Rigorous analysis of testbench code for a given DUT.
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Hardware Design Verification Intern

Interviewed at Cirrus Logic

4.2
Nov 18, 2021

1. Draw the CMOS circuit for NAND gate and explain it's working. 2. Difference between Low pass filter and High pass filter. 3. Frequency response of unit step function. 4. What is sampling and aliasing? 5. Rigorous analysis of testbench code for a given DUT.

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