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Updated 24 Dec 2022

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I applied via Referral and was interviewed in Jun 2022. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(6 Questions)

  • Q1. 1st round with hiring manager.Discussion with hiring manager. Reason for switch. Then technical questions on how to debug and find failure flops in a chain. Basic loc,los, loes lock-up latch questions. Why...
  • Q2. 3 2 hour interviews were taken( Total 6 hours with 1 people in each round). Questions: how we can reduce test time. how serial chain patterns are solved. How T24 violations are debugged, how we can find wh...
  • Q3. How compression ratio can be tweaked, what are the factors ( how coverage, Patten count gets impacted).
  • Ans. 

    Compression ratio can be tweaked by adjusting the volume of the combustion chamber. This affects fuel efficiency and power output.

    • Compression ratio is the ratio of the volume of the combustion chamber at its largest to its smallest.

    • Increasing compression ratio can improve fuel efficiency and power output, but too high a ratio can cause engine knocking.

    • Factors that impact compression ratio include the size and shape of ...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q4. How have I observed hold violations and setup violations in my design. What I did after that, etc
  • Ans. 

    I have observed hold and setup violations in my design and took necessary actions.

    • I used static timing analysis (STA) to identify hold and setup violations.

    • I fixed hold violations by adding delay cells or increasing clock period.

    • I fixed setup violations by reducing delay or decreasing clock period.

    • I also checked for false paths and multi-cycle paths.

    • I re-ran STA after fixing violations to ensure timing closure.

    • I docume...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q5. Purpose of occ controllers. What scan enable signals( pipelined or nonpiplelined) will go to my occ controller, clock chain and why. Lock up latch purpose. If I have 5 negative edge triggered flops and 5 p...
  • Ans. 

    Explanation of purpose of occ controllers, scan enable signals, lock up latch and arrangement of negative and positive edge triggered flops.

    • The purpose of occ controllers is to manage the clock signals in a design and ensure proper timing.

    • Scan enable signals are used for testing and debugging purposes.

    • Pipelined signals are used for faster data transfer while non-pipelined signals are used for simpler designs.

    • Lock up la...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q6. How can we reset a tap controller without trst signals. How do you find coverage gaps.
  • Ans. 

    Resetting a tap controller without trst signals and finding coverage gaps.

    • For resetting a tap controller without trst signals, we can use a power-on reset circuit or a watchdog timer.

    • To find coverage gaps, we can use code coverage analysis tools like CodeSonar, Coverity, or LDRA.

    • We can also use dynamic analysis tools like Valgrind or Purify to find runtime errors and coverage gaps.

    • Manual testing and peer code reviews c...

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Read basics well, know about your architecture, clock mechanisms and compression ratio concepts. Be well versed with your work in current company.

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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I was interviewed before Feb 2023.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Practice on hackerrank, they send hackerrank link for screening round.

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. C, os, embedded questions
Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. C, data structures,os
Round 4 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Previous jobs, salary discussion, relocation

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Practice basic, logical, coding questions for embedded interviews ex. Simple Data structures, bit manipulation etc
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Referral and was interviewed in Sep 2023. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Find the length of longest common subsequence in given strings.
  • Ans. 

    The length of the longest common subsequence in given strings is found using dynamic programming.

    • Use dynamic programming to find the length of the longest common subsequence.

    • Compare characters of the strings and build a matrix to store the lengths of common subsequences.

    • Traverse the matrix to find the length of the longest common subsequence.

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  • Q2. A basic DFS based graph question.
Round 2 - Coding Test 

Write the algorithm for topological sorting.

Round 3 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Basic system design questions.
  • Q2. Explain CAP theorem.
  • Ans. 

    CAP theorem states that in a distributed system, it is impossible to simultaneously guarantee consistency, availability, and partition tolerance.

    • Consistency: All nodes in the system have the same data at the same time.

    • Availability: Every request gets a response, even if some nodes are down.

    • Partition Tolerance: The system continues to operate despite network partitions.

    • In a distributed system, you can only achieve two o...

  • Answered by AI
Round 4 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Explain your previous projects .

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed before Oct 2022. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
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Round 2 - One-on-one 

(4 Questions)

  • Q1. 3-4 rounds of c and DSP questions.
  • Q2. Fourier transform
  • Q3. Digital filtering
  • Q4. C coding and basics

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Have C and DSP concepts handy. some tricky coding and fundamentals are a necessity.
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Hard
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Qualcomm Careers and was interviewed in Dec 2023. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Managerial Introduction and alignment with the job role.
Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Technical Hardware Questions
Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Technical Software/Scripting Questions
Round 4 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. General HR discussions

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Make sure you fit well with the requirements and have your fundamental understanding pretty strong. They will chain questions and keep going, make sure you have the thinking stamina to keep on going for 2 hours continuously.
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Hard
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Qualcomm Careers and was interviewed in Dec 2023. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Managerial Introduction and alignment with the job role.
Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Technical Hardware Questions
Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Technical Software/Scripting Questions
Round 4 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. General HR discussions

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Make sure you fit well with the requirements and have your fundamental understanding pretty strong. They will chain questions and keep going, make sure you have the thinking stamina to keep on going for 2 hours continuously.
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed in Nov 2023. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Technical 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. Function to write data to some memory location which can dynamically allocate memory and return the address details where data is present .
  • Ans. 

    Function to dynamically allocate memory and write data to a memory location, returning the address details.

    • Use malloc() or calloc() to dynamically allocate memory

    • Use memcpy() or strcpy() to write data to the allocated memory

    • Return the address details where data is present

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Memory Management and mapping in different scenarios.
  • Ans. 

    Memory management involves allocating and deallocating memory efficiently, while mapping involves associating memory addresses with physical locations.

    • Memory management is crucial for optimizing performance and preventing memory leaks.

    • Mapping involves translating virtual memory addresses to physical memory locations.

    • Different scenarios may require different memory management strategies, such as stack allocation vs heap...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. Program to find length of bits assigned in memory using recursion.
  • Ans. 

    Program to find length of bits assigned in memory using recursion.

    • Define a recursive function to count the bits in memory

    • Base case: if input is 0, return 0

    • Recursive case: return 1 + function(input / 2)

  • Answered by AI
Round 2 - Technical 

(5 Questions)

  • Q1. Volatile usage w.r.t to gpio initialization, how volatile can help in overwriting compiler optimization.
  • Ans. 

    Volatile keyword prevents compiler optimization by telling the compiler that the variable's value can change unexpectedly.

    • Volatile keyword is used to indicate that a variable may be changed unexpectedly, such as in the case of hardware registers.

    • When initializing GPIO pins, using volatile keyword ensures that the compiler does not optimize away the initialization code.

    • Without volatile keyword, the compiler may optimize...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Union usage for bit assignments.
  • Ans. 

    Unions in C/C++ can be used for bit assignments by allowing multiple variables to share the same memory location.

    • Unions allow different data types to be stored in the same memory location, which can be useful for bit manipulation.

    • By defining a union with multiple variables of different data types, you can access the same memory location using different variable names.

    • For example, you can use a union to access individua...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. Explain static const usage with an example .
  • Ans. 

    static const is used to declare constants that are known at compile time and cannot be modified

    • static const int MAX_SIZE = 100; // declaring a constant integer

    • static const double PI = 3.14159; // declaring a constant double

    • static const char* MESSAGE = "Hello, World!"; // declaring a constant string

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  • Q4. Program to find the sum of all the digital in the number .
  • Ans. 

    Program to find the sum of all the digits in a number.

    • Iterate through each digit in the number and add them together.

    • Convert the number to a string to easily access each digit.

    • Use modulo operator to extract each digit from the number.

    • Handle negative numbers by taking the absolute value before processing.

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  • Q5. Create a linkedlist check if list is circular if not then reverse it .
  • Ans. 

    Check if a linked list is circular, if not reverse it.

    • Create two pointers, one moving at double the speed of the other to detect a cycle

    • If a cycle is detected, the list is circular. If not, reverse the list by changing the pointers' directions

  • Answered by AI
Round 3 - Technical 

(4 Questions)

  • Q1. Define Architecture to process real-time data .
  • Ans. 

    Architecture to process real-time data involves designing systems that can efficiently collect, process, and analyze data in real-time.

    • Utilize distributed systems to handle high volumes of data in real-time

    • Implement stream processing frameworks like Apache Kafka or Apache Flink

    • Use microservices architecture for scalability and flexibility

    • Employ in-memory databases for fast data retrieval

    • Ensure fault tolerance and data

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Various data filtering techniques.
  • Ans. 

    Various data filtering techniques include sorting, grouping, aggregating, and applying filters based on specific criteria.

    • Sorting: arranging data in a specific order, such as ascending or descending

    • Grouping: categorizing data into distinct groups based on common attributes

    • Aggregating: combining multiple data points into a single value, such as summing or averaging

    • Filtering: selecting only the data that meets certain cr

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. Mock code to initialize gpio using hal functions as well as write a function to set and clear gpio status .
  • Ans. 

    Initialize and control GPIO using HAL functions in embedded systems.

    • Use HAL_GPIO_Init() function to initialize GPIO pins

    • Use HAL_GPIO_WritePin() function to set or clear GPIO status

    • Example: HAL_GPIO_Init(&GPIO_InitStruct)

    • Example: HAL_GPIO_WritePin(GPIOx, GPIO_PIN_x, GPIO_PIN_SET)

  • Answered by AI
  • Q4. Structure which can take input as 0 or 1 , based on the input traverse the linkedlist and return the decimal equivalent of the traversed data .
  • Ans. 

    Traverse a linked list based on input 0 or 1 to return decimal equivalent.

    • Create a function that takes input 0 or 1 and traverses the linked list accordingly.

    • For each node in the linked list, multiply the current decimal value by 2 and add the data of the node if input is 1.

    • Return the final decimal value after traversing the linked list.

  • Answered by AI

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Apr 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Coding question on dll and bits
  • Q2. Detect and remove loop in ll
  • Ans. 

    To detect and remove a loop in a linked list, we can use Floyd's Cycle Detection Algorithm.

    • Use two pointers, slow and fast, to traverse the linked list

    • If there is a loop, the fast pointer will eventually meet the slow pointer

    • Once the loop is detected, reset one of the pointers to the head and move both pointers at the same pace until they meet again to find the start of the loop

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - nothing

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Referral and was interviewed in Nov 2023. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(5 Questions)

  • Q1. What is virtual function?
  • Ans. 

    A virtual function is a function in a base class that is declared using the keyword 'virtual' and can be overridden by a function in a derived class.

    • Virtual functions allow a derived class to provide a specific implementation of a function that is already defined in a base class.

    • They enable polymorphism, where a pointer to a base class can be used to call a function in a derived class.

    • Virtual functions are used in obje...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. What is android boot up sequence
  • Ans. 

    Android boot up sequence involves several stages including power on, bootloader, kernel initialization, and system initialization.

    • Power on the device

    • Bootloader loads the kernel

    • Kernel initializes the system

    • System initialization completes the boot up process

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. Question about the recent projects
  • Q4. What is inheritance
  • Ans. 

    Inheritance is a concept in object-oriented programming where a class inherits properties and behaviors from another class.

    • Allows for code reusability by creating a new class based on an existing class

    • Derived class (subclass) inherits attributes and methods from a base class (superclass)

    • Can have multiple levels of inheritance (multi-level inheritance)

    • Example: Animal class can be a base class with properties like name a...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q5. What is polymorphism
  • Ans. 

    Polymorphism is the ability of a single function or method to operate on different types of data.

    • Polymorphism allows objects of different classes to be treated as objects of a common superclass.

    • It enables a single interface to be used for different data types.

    • Examples include method overloading and method overriding in object-oriented programming.

  • Answered by AI

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. What is VLSI design cycle ?
  • Ans. 

    VLSI design cycle is the process of creating integrated circuits by going through various stages from design to fabrication.

    • VLSI design cycle involves stages like specification, design, verification, synthesis, and fabrication.

    • It starts with defining the requirements and specifications of the integrated circuit.

    • Design phase includes logic design, circuit design, and physical design.

    • Verification ensures that the design ...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. FIFO Pipeline depth calculation
Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Verilog code debug question

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