Automation System Engineers Interview Questions and Answers

Round: Test
Experience: It was a written test with some numerical aptitude questions and coding questions. The test was fairly easy
Tips: Learn about pointers and using function pointers

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: First, I was asked to brief about the projects I have done so far. Then there were some questions about C programming like pointers, const pointers, storage classes, volatile keyword etc. It was followed by some basic questions about computer architecture, microcontroller, FPGA, RTOS

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: In this round I was asked to write algorithm for some simple problems like checking if a given integer (not string) is palindrome or not, checking if a number is a multiple of 3 (using bitwise operations) etc

College Name: IIT Madras

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: Shortlisted based on CGPA and Profile
Tips: CGPA above 7.5 and Communication/CS based coursework/ability

Round: Test
Experience: C Coding Questions which checked basic knowledge of C
Tips: Brush up your C skills. Questions are easy but may require knowledge of stuff like what is big endian and little endian etc.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Total Questions: 12

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: My Communication relation concepts were tested. My Major Project was asked in detail.
Tips: If Comm background, prepare ITC, MultiCarrier/Wireless at a good level. If not they will ask C.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I was asked basic level embedded concepts.
Tips: Prepare on the following and similar stuff : How to implement a pseudo dynamic memory allocation using flash memory- which data structure to use. How does Inter Process Communication work. How does a multicore processor synchronizes its cores. If Comm background, give the TX and RX chain design (Wireless System Design)

Skills: Communication Systems, Embedded Systems, C Programming
College Name: IIT Madras

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be honest. And prepare well in data structures

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - I don't think I can reveal the questions but I can tell you that KLA has high standards in interview process.
Some tips for software engineer interview
1. Please prepare to do competitive programming like use leetcode algoexpert hacker rank
2. Some of the important areas are string problems dynamic programming stack based and tree based
3. There can be design round and interesting questions may be encountered

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Mostly DS and Algo rounds followed by design rounds. Sometimes there can be language specific questions.

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - be Cool and Calm and answer as required. Dont Panic.