Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Broadcom with 4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 75% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 14 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Broadcom overall takes an average of 14 days.
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The interview process included one or two phone calls and then a few hours on-site. The onsite interview was mostly technical and involved a few different interviewers. I applied directly online.
We started with the interviewer telling me more about the company and what they do. Next they asked about me and my interests and finally there were some logical questions
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Broadcom (McLean, VA) in Mar 2023
Interview
This is a grueling, adversarial, and generally unproductive and unwelcomed experience for the interviewee. I gather that VMWare/Broadcom pride themselves on this stringent and mildly sadistic interview process. Potential applicants be warned.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
An online coding test was administered with a contemporaneous online meeting. Interviewer is ever-present, ever-questioning and yields no time for internal dialog to arrive at solutions.