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Updated 2 Apr 2025

Marvell Semiconductors Staff Engineer Interview Experiences

3 interviews found

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

I appeared for an interview in Mar 2025, where I was asked the following questions.

  • Q1. Regex code for show ip interface brief
  • Ans. 

    Regex for 'show ip interface brief' extracts IP addresses and interface statuses from command output.

    • Use '^' to match the start of a line.

    • Use '\s+' to match one or more whitespace characters.

    • Capture groups can be used to extract specific fields, e.g., '(\S+)' for interface names.

    • Example regex: '^\S+\s+(\S+)\s+(\S+)\s+(\S+)$' captures interface, IP, status, and protocol.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Python code for uphill and valley
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Oct 2023. There were 5 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
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Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Questions on Embedded C programs related to bit wise operators majorly and pointers, Timer based questions and RTOS synchronization related few questions.
Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Automotive specific questions related AUTOSAR MCAL, CDD, RTE, OS etc.. and workflow
Round 4 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Linked list implementations, RTOS related questions.
Round 5 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Understand the current work, interest etc..

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare well with respect to Embedded C, RTOS and Embedded Systems concepts. be confident in your answers. They will not always check about the end results, they want to understand your approach for the given problem and they provide tips/clues as well.

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Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Write device tree node for PCIe driver.
  • Ans. 

    Device tree node for PCIe driver

    • Create a node for the PCIe controller

    • Specify the compatible property with the controller's device ID

    • Define the ranges property with the PCIe address space

    • Add child nodes for each PCIe endpoint device

    • Specify the compatible property with the endpoint's device ID

    • Define the reg property with the endpoint's PCIe address

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - In-depth knowledge in linux networking

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I appeared for an interview before Sep 2020.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

(1 Question)

Round duration - 60 mins
Round difficulty - Medium

  • Q1. 

    Railway Seat Berth Determination

    Given a railway seat number represented as an integer, determine if it is a valid seat number and identify its berth type. Possible berth types include lower berth, middle...

  • Ans. 

    Given a railway seat number, determine if it is valid and identify its berth type.

    • Parse input integer 't' for number of test cases

    • For each test case, check if seat number is valid (1 <= N <= 100)

    • Identify berth type based on seat number and output the result

    • Possible berth types are Lower, Middle, Upper, Side Lower, and Side Upper

  • Answered by AI
Round 2 - Video Call 

(1 Question)

Round duration - 90 mins
Round difficulty - Hard

First they asked me to introduce myself then they started questioning on oops concept from basic to advance level such as inheritance, polymorphism, abstraction, exception handling , STL etc. Next they started questioning on data structures. They asked me the logic of “how to find the middle of a linked list”.

  • Q1. 

    Matrix Symmetry Check

    You are provided with a square matrix. Your task is to return true if the matrix is symmetric; otherwise, return false.

    A symmetric matrix is characterized by its transpose being eq...

  • Ans. 

    Check if a square matrix is symmetric by comparing it with its transpose.

    • Iterate through the matrix and compare each element with its corresponding element in the transpose

    • If any pair of elements do not match, return false immediately

    • If all pairs match, return true at the end

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Professional and academic backgroundI completed Computer Science Engineering from K. K. Wagh Institute Of Engineering Education And Research. I applied for the job as Software Engineer in PuneEligibility criteria6.0 CGPAJosh Technology Group interview preparation:Topics to prepare for the interview - Data Structures, OOPS, DBMS, Python, SQLTime required to prepare for the interview - 3 monthsInterview preparation tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Clear the basic concepts of data structure and OOPs.
Tip 2 : Use coding ninja platform and Hackerearth for practice on coding skills.
Tip 3 : Use Geeks For Geeks for interview preparation.

Application resume tips for other job seekers

Tip 1: Make your resume short and try to make it of one page only.
Tip 2: Add relevant keywords

Final outcome of the interviewRejected

Skills evaluated in this interview

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed before Sep 2021. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

DSA Medium Level Questions. Solve within 3 Hours.

Round 2 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. 1 Question on String and 1 question on Dynamic Programming

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare DSA Well and Have good Knowledge of Java. But it is not a good Company to join. Please don't join that company

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Jul 2020. There was 1 interview round.

Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. Check if binary tree is balanced or not.
  • Ans. 

    Check if binary tree is balanced or not.

    • A balanced binary tree has the height of left and right subtrees differ by at most 1.

    • Recursively check the height of left and right subtrees and compare.

    • Use a helper function to calculate the height of a subtree.

    • Time complexity: O(nlogn) for a balanced tree, O(n^2) for a skewed tree.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Detect loops in linked list.
  • Ans. 

    Detect loops in a linked list.

    • Use two pointers, one moving at a faster pace than the other.

    • If there is a loop, the faster pointer will eventually catch up to the slower one.

    • To detect the start of the loop, reset one pointer to the head and move both pointers at the same pace.

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Interview experience was good, do your DS Algo questoin thoroughly.

Skills evaluated in this interview

I applied via Walk-in and was interviewed before Mar 2021. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Aptitude test

Round 2 - Group Discussion 

Current affairs

Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Puzzle , sql related questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be yourself, whatever you know just be confident

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: this was a telephonic round : There I was asked basics of web development (e.g Session, hidden variable difference between POST and GET etc. ) and basics of PHP e.g global variables etc , little bit of mysql e.g joins , difference between left and right joins.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: This was pretty much about interview rounds. I got the offer.

Skills: Core java, OOP, PHP
College Name: na

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Aug 2020. There were 4 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. It was mostly puzzles.
  • Q2. One algo question invoving recursive function .

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - For freshers - prepare puzzles and basic computer science fundamentals

Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. 1.Tell me about your self?
  • Q2. 2.what is you learn in institution?

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - It's real good experience and I have learn and This is my first call interview..So next time i will give my full potential and do well thanks for give me an opportunity

Marvell Semiconductors Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Marvell Semiconductors Staff Engineer interview?
Marvell Semiconductors interview process usually has 3 rounds. The most common rounds in the Marvell Semiconductors interview process are Technical, One-on-one Round and Resume Shortlist.
How to prepare for Marvell Semiconductors Staff Engineer interview?
Go through your CV in detail and study all the technologies mentioned in your CV. Prepare at least two technologies or languages in depth if you are appearing for a technical interview at Marvell Semiconductors. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at Marvell Semiconductors expect are Semiconductor, Automotive, Perl, Python and Automotive Engineering.
What are the top questions asked in Marvell Semiconductors Staff Engineer interview?

Some of the top questions asked at the Marvell Semiconductors Staff Engineer interview -

  1. regex code for show ip interface br...read more
  2. Write device tree node for PCIe driv...read more
  3. python code for uphill and val...read more

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