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They described a real fault that they had experienced with an elevator control system and asked how I would go about identifying the root cause. They offered clues about the symptoms encountered. I don't want to be more detailed about the question because I really liked these guys and I suspect this is their favorite interview question. If you are experienced at fault finding and listen to what they are saying you can figure it out.
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Embedded Software Engineer

Interviewed at TK Elevator

3.6
Jun 7, 2025

They described a real fault that they had experienced with an elevator control system and asked how I would go about identifying the root cause. They offered clues about the symptoms encountered. I don't want to be more detailed about the question because I really liked these guys and I suspect this is their favorite interview question. If you are experienced at fault finding and listen to what they are saying you can figure it out.

general c questions: storage classes, pointers, structures, with some programs low level driver implementation: bit wise operations, controlling gpios, leds, atoi, strings. micro controller question: modules likes timers, gpios, interrupts, communicaton protocols etc.. previous projects explanations.
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Embedded Software Engineer

Interviewed at Trimble

3.9
Sep 4, 2019

general c questions: storage classes, pointers, structures, with some programs low level driver implementation: bit wise operations, controlling gpios, leds, atoi, strings. micro controller question: modules likes timers, gpios, interrupts, communicaton protocols etc.. previous projects explanations.

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