Senior Embedded Software Engineer Interview Questions

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They were interviewing using my resume. The technical lead also asked count the number of set bits in a word. He also asked about different scheduling algorithms for the OS. That was difficult for me since I had not done a whole lot of memorizing about theory.
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Senior Embedded Software Engineer

Interviewed at CNH Industrial

3.6
Jul 12, 2016

They were interviewing using my resume. The technical lead also asked count the number of set bits in a word. He also asked about different scheduling algorithms for the OS. That was difficult for me since I had not done a whole lot of memorizing about theory.

The system design question was way out of my league, I am an interviewing for an embedded engineering position, instead I was asked to design a distributed network-based system. None of that applies to my domain and none of my experience helps me answer that question.
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Senior Embedded Software Engineer

Interviewed at Google

4.4
Oct 26, 2017

The system design question was way out of my league, I am an interviewing for an embedded engineering position, instead I was asked to design a distributed network-based system. None of that applies to my domain and none of my experience helps me answer that question.

- What criteria would you use when choosing an MCU for a project? - What means of saving power in an MCU-controlled board do you know? - Draw a block diagram of an MCU. What's MPU is for. What's the difference between MPU and MMU. - What happens after power up and before main() is entered, what has to be done? - Write an in-memory string reversal function (byte-wise and word-wise). - Describe how would you write a program that transfers bytes from UART to Ethernet (UDP) and blinks a LED, provided there are some API functions. - What API would you create for working with a DMA controller? - What is 'undefined behavior' in terms of C language standard. - What for is the 'volatile' keyword. - What is your best trait? - What are your 5 worst traits? - Why do you want to work for ARM? - Why you are the one? - If you don't agree with your immediate boss on some technical decision, how would you address that? - Have you ever shouted at anyone at work? Some other questions as well, don't remember them all.
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Senior Embedded Software Engineer

Interviewed at Arm

4.5
Jul 21, 2016

- What criteria would you use when choosing an MCU for a project? - What means of saving power in an MCU-controlled board do you know? - Draw a block diagram of an MCU. What's MPU is for. What's the difference between MPU and MMU. - What happens after power up and before main() is entered, what has to be done? - Write an in-memory string reversal function (byte-wise and word-wise). - Describe how would you write a program that transfers bytes from UART to Ethernet (UDP) and blinks a LED, provided there are some API functions. - What API would you create for working with a DMA controller? - What is 'undefined behavior' in terms of C language standard. - What for is the 'volatile' keyword. - What is your best trait? - What are your 5 worst traits? - Why do you want to work for ARM? - Why you are the one? - If you don't agree with your immediate boss on some technical decision, how would you address that? - Have you ever shouted at anyone at work? Some other questions as well, don't remember them all.

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