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Updated 13 Oct 2023

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I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Aug 2021.

5 Interview Rounds

1

online C assessment Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. I got an link to mail which contain 25 C language MCQ's . Most of the questions are medium level and some are hard level.
2

C language Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. They asked all the concepts of C and given some small programming tasks too
3

Data structures Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Asked about some C questions & linked list concepts and some programs too.(Delete a node without head pointer)
4

Technical Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Here some extent concentrated on C & remaining 70% is purely on previous projects and on micro controllers and on some on RTOS multi-threading and communication...read more
5

Behavioral Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. 60% is purely on technical skills and 40% is on manager questions like related to some general questions which will test logical skills and remaining are 1. why...read more

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for Western Digital Senior Firmware Engineer interview:
  • C
  • Data Structures
  • Microcontroller
  • RTOS
  • Communication Protocols
  • Project Handling
  • logical skills
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be very strong on C language, Data Structures and other technical skills that you worked previously and RTOS concepts
Interview experience
4
 Good
Difficulty level
 Moderate
Duration
 -
Result
Selected  Selected

2 Interview Rounds

1

Aptitude Test Round

Questions on aptitude, embedded concepts, c programming

2

One-on-one Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Resume based questions

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

I applied via Referral and was interviewed in Jun 2024.

1 Interview Round

1

Technical Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Write monitor for APB protocol
  • Q2. Design FSM - halway with 2 detectors, accuire amout of pepole in room - only one person can pass halway each time.

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for Samsung Research Verification Engineer interview:
  • FSMS
  • UVM

Skills evaluated in this interview

Firmware Developer Interview Questions

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posted on 15 Aug 2024

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

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Feb 2024.

3 Interview Rounds

1

Technical Round (3 Questions)

  • Q1. Difference between structure and union
  • Q2. What is structure padding and how to pack a structure
  • Q3. How to check stack overflow
2

Technical Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Difference between semafore and mutex
  • Q2. How to set the priority of a task
3

HR Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Why you want to join philips

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
5
 Excellent
Difficulty level
 -
Duration
 -
Result
 -

1 Interview Round

1

Technical Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Projects related questions
  • Q2. C program for array swapping

Skills evaluated in this interview

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

I applied via campus placement at Walchand College of Engineering, Sangli and was interviewed in Sep 2023.

2 Interview Rounds

1

Aptitude Test Round

There were mostly embedded c programming questions, like what will be the output of the given code, what is the error that will occur if this program runs, etc. Lasted about 30 minutes.

2

Technical Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Questions were on communications protocols like I2C, UART, SPI, etc. Working and block diagram of project, operating modes of a transistor.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be confident .

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Feb 2022.

2 Interview Rounds

1

Group Discussion Round

Basics of c, c++, python languages
Any one os environment

2

Technical Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Not yet done.,...,......
  • Q2. .. Not yet done.........

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Know basics on what you are working on currently.. So that was enough to crack.. Any interview
Interview experience
4
 Good
Difficulty level
 Hard
Duration
 Less than 2 weeks
Result
 Not Selected

I applied via Referral and was interviewed in May 2024.

2 Interview Rounds

1

Technical Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Bit manipulation
  • Q2. Volatile keywords in c work in which way
2

HR Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. How do you handle stress
  • Q2. How do you achieve work life balance

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Kal

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
4
 Good
Difficulty level
 Easy
Duration
 Less than 2 weeks
Result
 No response

I applied via campus placement at Shri Ramdeo Baba Kamla Nehru Engineering College, Nagpur and was interviewed in Nov 2023.

1 Interview Round

1

Technical Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Based on 8051 Microcontroller
  • Q2. Tell me about yourself

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - They ask questions based on what you studied in your graduation
And they have their own Microcontroller NXP 8051
Questions revolves around this only
Interview experience
5
 Excellent
Difficulty level
 -
Duration
 -
Result
 -

1 Interview Round

1

Technical Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Basic about project
  • Q2. C coding question

Western Digital Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Western Digital Senior Firmware Engineer interview?
Western Digital interview process usually has 4 rounds. The most common rounds in the Western Digital interview process are Technical, Behavioral and Resume Shortlist.
What are the top questions asked in Western Digital Senior Firmware Engineer interview?

Some of the top questions asked at the Western Digital Senior Firmware Engineer interview -

  1. I got an link to mail which contain 25 C language MCQ's . Most of the questions...read more
  2. Here some extent concentrated on C & remaining 70% is purely on previous projec...read more
  3. Asked about some C questions & linked list concepts and some programs too.(Dele...read more

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