I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Broadcom (Santa Clara, CA) in June 2013
Interview
got referred by a friend. The Director interviewed on the phone for about an hour. Mostly about school projects and C++ questions. Then there was the onsite interview for about 4 hours. Each interviewer interviewed for about 45 min. Asked questions about FIFO, school projects, C++, Verilog, Perl.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Just some C++basics since I had not prepared C++ at all. Arrays and pass by reference and value.
I applied online. I interviewed at Broadcom in Jan 2026
Interview
Phone call with hiring manager, followed by full day of onsite technical interviews with senior engineers. Onsite interviews were easy and fun, office was pretty depressing. Regret going through the process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
standard things such as CDC, FIFOs, logic optimization.
As expected. Multiple rounds to go through . Overall good experience. Need to go through phone screening first and then get to onsite. Interviewers were nice and knowledgeable. I guess it also depends on the group you’re interviewing for.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you design asynchronous fifo and related timing checks ?
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Broadcom in Jan 2023
Interview
Phone screening then 6-7 rounds of in person interview. Mostly asked about my experience, my understanding of the job role, and a couple rounds of technical questions. Only a couple interviewers had a script or notes so they were highly conversational.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is the difference between := and :/ in SystemVerilog?