Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Broadcom as 75% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Software Engineer and Sales Manager rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Digital Sales Associate and Sales Manager roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at Broadcom takes an average of 14 days when considering 4 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Software Engineer had the quickest hiring process (on average 14 days), whereas Software Engineer roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 14 days).
I applied the summer intern position. They contact me after 2 weeks. The first interview is technical interview. it's about 30 minutes. Technical interview is not very hard, they just ask some basic knowledge about hardware design and communication system.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
basic concepts about communication system, interface, RF circuit.
I applied online. I interviewed at Broadcom (Irvine, CA) in Mar 2015
Interview
Phone interview, 20 minutes, first introduce work of the group,make sure you are interested in the circuit. and then ask some basic questions about the analog circuit , RF circuit ask you how to analysis them.The process is quick.
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Broadcom (Irvine, CA) in May 2014
Interview
The interview for the Interns are not difficult. There are three interviewer. The manager and two engineers in that group. It took about three hours. The technical questions are basic, about RC circuits and signal processing, and also a couple of very basic programming questions. The manager asked some behavior questions. They prefer long-term interns.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The interviewer drew a simple RC circuit, then applied voltage on some components, asked you to draw the current curve.