Systems Software Test Engineer Interview Questions

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Resume questions, projects. Hardware. Given z=(1/(w+x)) what are 4-5 most important inputs wx given a limited range? Basics of QPSK/QAM and a few other modulation methods. System engineering tradeoffs: latency, bandwidth, cost, market share. What is your greatest weakness?
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Systems Test, Grad

Interviewed at Viasat

3.7
Feb 11, 2017

Resume questions, projects. Hardware. Given z=(1/(w+x)) what are 4-5 most important inputs wx given a limited range? Basics of QPSK/QAM and a few other modulation methods. System engineering tradeoffs: latency, bandwidth, cost, market share. What is your greatest weakness?

What's a mutex? I answered it wrong. She went on to next question. I asked the answer. When she said "mutually exclusive" I said I can explain what mutually exclusive means. She said never mind and wasn't interested in letting me explain the definition. Odd to me that they wanted someone with a rote memory rather than an engineer who knows how to think.
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Systems Integration and Test Engineer

Interviewed at Viasat

3.7
Jun 22, 2013

What's a mutex? I answered it wrong. She went on to next question. I asked the answer. When she said "mutually exclusive" I said I can explain what mutually exclusive means. She said never mind and wasn't interested in letting me explain the definition. Odd to me that they wanted someone with a rote memory rather than an engineer who knows how to think.

Describe the internals of an ADC. What is a SMPS? What is an LDO? Where does loss come from in each device?? Why would you choose one over the other? Why do electronics performance degrade with an increase in temperature? Describe how you would test a water bottle.
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Systems Design & Test Engineer

Interviewed at Apple

4.1
Dec 23, 2021

Describe the internals of an ADC. What is a SMPS? What is an LDO? Where does loss come from in each device?? Why would you choose one over the other? Why do electronics performance degrade with an increase in temperature? Describe how you would test a water bottle.

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