NXP Semiconductors Interview Questions and Answers for Freshers

1st round consists of apt, digital , verilog , analog objective as well as descriptive questions in descriptive mostly related to fifo depth , counter and draw wave forms , analog questions were asked

Q1. Mostly basics of verilog digital and analog were asked
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Basics of ece and aptitude

Our topic was chatgpt and everybody was given their time

Three coding questions and MCQ's

Q1. Live coding, mostly questions based on C pointers
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Q2. Types of Memory Allocations in C
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Types of memory allocations in C include static, dynamic, and automatic.
• Static memory allocation: memory is allocated at compile time and remains constant throughout the program's execution. Example: int x = 5;

• Dynamic memory allocation: memory is allocated at runtime using functions like malloc() or calloc(). Example: int *ptr = (int*)malloc(sizeof(int));

• Automatic memory allocation: memory is allocated on the stack and...read more
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Q3. Pointers in C - Types of pointers
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Pointers in C are variables that store memory addresses. Types include null pointers, void pointers, function pointers, etc.
• Null pointers: int *ptr = NULL;

• Void pointers: void *ptr;

• Function pointers: int (*ptr)(int, int);
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Round duration - 90 Minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

The timing was from 4:30 pm to 6 pm, so it was quite convenient. The platform was good, the only problem I had was while attempting diagram based questions, as the interface was difficult to understand. The test had three types of questions- MCQ, subjective and diagram based. The major topics from which the question were asked were- sequential circuits(sequence detector), static timing analysis, digital design and computer architecture.

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City of Happy People Problem Statement
Imagine a city where the happiness of each resident is described by a numerical value. Ninja, who is visiting this city, is interested in forming groups of people su...read more
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The problem is to find the number of ways to form a group of people such that the overall happiness of the group falls within a given range.
• Iterate through all possible subsets of the given array/list

• Calculate the sum of happiness values for each subset

• Count the number of subsets whose sum falls within the given range
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Round duration - 60 Minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

The timing for my interview was 9:30 pm and it went on for an hour. They asked me thorough questions from majorly two topics- CMOS and Digital System Design. Even if I was not able to answer certain questions,, they were happy to drop hints and then observed how I went further with the solution.

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Wildcard Pattern Matching Problem Statement
Implement a wildcard pattern matching algorithm to determine if a given wildcard pattern matches a text string completely.
The wildcard pattern may include the...read more
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The task is to implement a wildcard pattern matching algorithm that checks if a given wildcard pattern matches a given text.
• The wildcard pattern can include the characters '?' and '*'

• '?' matches any single character

• '*' matches any sequence of characters (sequence can be of length 0 or more)

• The matching should cover the entire text, not partial text

• Implement a function that takes the wildcard pattern and the text as inp...read more
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Q1. Wireless related question
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Q2. Wi-fi ,b.tech project
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Q3. IP , and project related questions
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