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Principal Member of Technical Staff

Interviewed at Pfizer

3.7★
Aug 21, 2019

"Give me an example of a time when you had to...." There are way too many of these. A better way to qualify the aptitude, character, and potential of the candidate for the position being considered might be to ask for detailed accounts of what they consider to be their greatest professional achievements, challenges, and solutions to challenges in those priority activities specific to the position to be filled.

from Basic modulation(AM,PM,FM) equations, derive demodulation equations. Digital filters(IIR, FIR, linear FIR filters), FFT, channel estimation, To describe tape-out process, synchronization(CFO, AGC, etc.), basic RF transceiver architecture.
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Principal Wireless Architect

Interviewed at Analog Devices

4★
Sep 12, 2024

from Basic modulation(AM,PM,FM) equations, derive demodulation equations. Digital filters(IIR, FIR, linear FIR filters), FFT, channel estimation, To describe tape-out process, synchronization(CFO, AGC, etc.), basic RF transceiver architecture.

Many questions obviously and they varied based on what stage of the process you're in. Typical screening questions up front. For the Gallup it's very different from a typical job interview. Most of the questions don't relate directly to professional experience and are somewhat open ended. The panel interview is what you'd expect; assessing your professional/technical knowledge, experience, etc. The panel portion is very much a classic job interview setting.
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Principal Metrology Engineer

Interviewed at Stryker

4★
Jun 10, 2022

Many questions obviously and they varied based on what stage of the process you're in. Typical screening questions up front. For the Gallup it's very different from a typical job interview. Most of the questions don't relate directly to professional experience and are somewhat open ended. The panel interview is what you'd expect; assessing your professional/technical knowledge, experience, etc. The panel portion is very much a classic job interview setting.

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