I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at BlackBerry (Irving, TX) in Apr 2011
Interview
I applied online, and received a mail telling to schedule a date for interview. After that, there were 2 rounds on interview. First on Networking and C. Then they mailed me to choose another date for 2nd round. It was on C and OS.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
Interview 1:
Difference between TCP and UDP.
What is volatile keyword? What does it do? How does a compiler handle a volatile keyword? What problems would happen if we don't use volatile keyword?
Interview 2:
static keyword? How does an OS handle it?
What's a module in C? How to write a module?
What is inline function? Advantages? How does an OS/memory handle inline functions?
How does a register work? why is it fast? How many variables can u declare in register?
what's the advantage of using pointers? why?
What is an alias pointer? Advantage? disadvantage? How to prevent pointer aliasing?
What is virtual memory? How does memory mapping occur? advantages of virtual memory?
What are semaphores? Why do we use them?
What is page fault? How does it happen? prevention?
1st round technical mcqs mostly.aptitude c related c++ related embedded related questions. Not very difficult you need to answer above 50%. You should have basic knowledge in c and c++, try to revise the protocols before exam
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at BlackBerry (Ottawa, ON) in July 2024
Interview
The process was moderate with not many difficult questions, although the number of questions asked was pretty good. The team of four engineers took it. There were four rounds, including screening, technical, assessment, and VP.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 6 days. I interviewed at BlackBerry
Interview
HR will call you and fix a technical interview with the hiring manager. Technical interview was mainly based on Embedded systems, Coding in C, Projects done. Interview lasted for 30 to 40 minutes
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
It was the course project we had done.About Interrupt based sending and reception in the CAN controller.