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Sierra Circuits Junior PCB Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

Updated 1 Dec 2015

Sierra Circuits Junior PCB Engineer Interview Experiences

1 interview found

I applied via Referral

Interview Questionnaire 

9 Questions

  • Q1. Tell me about yourself
  • Ans. 

    I am a Junior PCB Engineer with a passion for designing and developing electronic circuits.

    • I have a degree in Electrical Engineering

    • I have experience in PCB design software such as Altium and Eagle

    • I am familiar with various electronic components and their functions

    • I have worked on projects involving microcontrollers and sensors

    • I am a quick learner and enjoy working in a team environment

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Family background
  • Q3. Hobbies
  • Q4. Questions on internships
  • Q5. Why we should hire you
  • Ans. 

    I have a strong foundation in PCB design and a passion for learning and growing in the field.

    • I have experience with various PCB design software such as Altium and Eagle.

    • I am familiar with industry standards and best practices for PCB design.

    • I am a quick learner and am always eager to expand my knowledge and skills.

    • I am a team player and enjoy collaborating with others to achieve common goals.

    • I am dedicated to producing...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q6. Basics about electrical like Resistance, conductor,insulator, ohms law etx
  • Q7. Expected CTC
  • Q8. What is PCB, Where it is used ?
  • Ans. 

    PCB stands for Printed Circuit Board. It is used to mechanically support and electrically connect electronic components.

    • PCBs are used in almost all electronic devices, from smartphones to computers to medical equipment.

    • They are made up of layers of copper and insulating material, with a design that connects the components in a specific way.

    • PCBs can be single-sided, double-sided, or multi-layered, depending on the compl...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q9. Questions on PCB and basic electronics like semiconductor, crystal etc

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: HR Interview
Experience: It was a good experience. HR was super cool and did not felt like giving an interview. It was like discussing with your senior
Tips: Stay True and keep it simple.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Did not answer to few questions , Interviewer was very experienced old guy
Tips: If you don't know something, dont bluff them. Say that you don't know.
If you start giving them bluff answers , more question will arise.

General Tips: 1 . Be confident and stay true.
2. If you do not not know anything , tell them. Do not bluff them.
3. Study about the basics
Skills: Aptitude, General Awareness, , Electrical Engineering Basics, Basic Concepts, , Knowledge Of Projects Undertaken,
College Name: Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) Belgaum
Motivation: It was related to my field ie and Electrical Electroncis
Funny Moments: Nothing.

Skills evaluated in this interview

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I applied via Referral and was interviewed before Sep 2020. There was 1 interview round.

Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. Basic c programming
  • Q2. Previous experience questions

Interview Preparation Tips

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

Software Engineer Interview Questions & Answers

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posted on 4 Dec 2016

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Dec 2015. There were 2 interview rounds.

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: It was a written test with some numerical aptitude questions and coding questions. The test was fairly easy
Duration: 1 hour

College Name: IIT Madras

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Dec 2016. There were 3 interview rounds.

Interview Preparation Tips

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

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Dec 2016. There were 5 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. Communication Concepts
  • Q2. Embedded Concepts

Interview Preparation Tips

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

I applied via Referral and was interviewed in Feb 2020. There were 6 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. I am not allowed to reveal

Interview Preparation Tips

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

I applied via Referral and was interviewed in Oct 2020. There was 1 interview round.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Connected sum hacker rank problem
  • Ans. 

    Connected sum problem involves finding the number of connected components in a graph

    • The problem can be solved using DFS or BFS algorithm

    • The input graph can be represented using adjacency list or matrix

    • The output is the number of connected components in the graph

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Always should be logical

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Feb 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Easy aptitude and MCQ questions in C

Round 2 - Technical 

(4 Questions)

  • Q1. Inheritance, Virtual functions, and projects from resume
  • Q2. How to implement inheritance, use case
  • Ans. 

    Inheritance in software development allows a class to inherit properties and behaviors from another class.

    • Create a base class with common properties and methods

    • Create a derived class that inherits from the base class

    • Use the 'extends' keyword in languages like Java or C++

    • Override methods in the derived class if necessary

    • Access parent class methods using 'super' keyword

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. Virtual functions usage in code
  • Ans. 

    Virtual functions are used in object-oriented programming to achieve polymorphism by allowing a function to be overridden in a derived class.

    • Virtual functions are declared in a base class with the 'virtual' keyword and can be overridden in derived classes.

    • They allow a function to be called based on the actual type of an object rather than the declared type.

    • Virtual functions are used to achieve runtime polymorphism in C...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q4. What Problems did u overcome in your project

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Most of the questions are repeated from previous interviews. Just browse the interview experience, you will surely crack the interview.

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed before Aug 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. About yourself and basic questions
  • Q2. About your skills set to match the job
Round 2 - Coding Test 

Coding questions basic and complex questions to solve

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Hard
Process Duration
4-6 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed before Apr 2022. There were 5 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Double-check your resume for any spelling mistakes. The recruiter may consider spelling mistakes as careless behavior or poor communication skills.
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Round 2 - Coding Test 

Pointer and linked list

Round 3 - Case Study 

Pure technical on kernel programming

Round 4 - Technical 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. Pure technical questions on background project
  • Q2. Mutex semaphore and spinlock
  • Q3. How you will achieve multi threaded programming
  • Ans. 

    Multi-threaded programming can be achieved by creating multiple threads that run concurrently.

    • Identify the tasks that can be executed in parallel

    • Create threads using threading libraries in the chosen programming language

    • Synchronize the threads to avoid race conditions and deadlocks

    • Use locks, semaphores, and mutexes to manage shared resources

    • Optimize the performance by balancing the workload among threads

  • Answered by AI
Round 5 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Why you want to join this company

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