Arms Interview Questions and Answers

Round: Test
Experience: ARM had come for recruiting 3rd Year ECE, EEE and CS branches in our college as a part of their internship program. 90 Minute test was conducted to short list the potential candidates for the interview call. The test consisted of 2 parts - Aptitude and Branch wise section. The Aptitude was allotted 30 minutes and rest for the other section.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Interview were conducted after clearing the 90 minutes test. Logical and Project related questions were asked in the interview. One advice is not to panic in the interview and explain in detail as to what you are thinking.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: After the technical interview was followed up with an HR round where Common questions were asked. After clearing the selection phase begun the internship duration for which I was eagerly waiting for... During the Internship we were informed about their selection process for conversion to a full time employee. A interview was scheduled in the last week of internship to access our performance and test technical knowledge.

General Tips: 1) Knowledge about the company profile is essential.
2) Understand what the company expects from the profile
3) Work out Aptitude as it will be asked by most companies.
4) Get to know the company. Reading their Wikipedia page is a must...
5) Cover all essential topics as mentioned in the placement website according to the profile you wish to appear for.
Since the pre placement offer was extended and it was amongst the companies that I would wish to work for, my experience was satisfying.
Skill Tips: 1) Placement Websites.
2) Quora Really!!! It helps in finding out about the common errors made by students in interviews and experiences are put up by students so that you can get more details on the requirement of a company.
3) Online sources for coding.
4) Sources like How to crack a coding interview.
Skills:
College Name: NIT Surathkal

Round: screening test
Experience: ARM conducts a fairly simple test for screening, based on basic analog and digital electronics. Paper also contains a few tough aptitude questions. This is followed by a technical and a HR interview.
Tips: I did brush up my basics which came in very handy. Probably your class notes are enough to remind you of the basics. I did not prepare well for aptitude, which I suggest you as a must do. I spent most time preparing for interview - ARM processor architecture( Hennessey Patterson, 4th ARM edition- highly recommended), digital design and embedded systems. Some more preparation regarding common questions asked in interviews can come in handy.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: My interview ended up to be a discussion about my area of interest. We talked about GPUs and their suitability in mobile market where I got to talk about what I like and know of. I just have one suggestion, make sure the interviewer does not go out of your area of interest and comfort zone! Also, prepare a few really good answerable questions in the field for interviewer which are really important to get a good last impression.

General Tips: If you really like computer architecture, CPU/GPU or other processing system designs then you would like this company. Make sure you are up-to date with current trends in the industry, new processor releases etc which can showcase your interest during the interview.
Prepare on what to speak when you are asked "What do you like and Why?", as a confident answer to this question can leave the interviewer impressed.
Questions must not be like- what will be my pay or will you offer to-fro airfare etc! Questions such as what will I get to work on or about promotion policy of the company will make them think you are really interested and you are there for work.
Skill Tips: I received a PPO from ARM after my internship. Based on your manager's opinion, you will be invited for an interview for PPO during the last week of your internship. My interview was with two senior managers from Architecture and Technology team. Interview difficulty level was very high, as they exhaustively asked on various aspects of modern computer architecture and design. The work done was critically reviewed and several questions about the work methodology were asked. I think the most helpful part was, I made sure I understood the key ideas behind the work I was assigned and explored more about them in free time.

Skills:
College Name: NIT Surathkal

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I expalained about important effects like velocity saturation, DIBL, GIDL, subthreshold conduction, temperature variations
Tips: Learn Basics of MOSFET

Round: HR Interview
Experience: asked about myself. tell about strengths in 1 minute

College Name: IIT Madras