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      Embedded Systems Engineer Interview

      10 Oct 2017
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Santa Barbara, CA
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through university. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Calix (Santa Barbara, CA) in Mar 2016

      Interview

      First met with one manager and discussed future goals, plans, and other behavioral questions. Then got a tour of the facilities and saw current projects of the employees. Then met with other managers and was asked more behavioral questions and more about past school projects. Then was asked a few behavioral questions from the first manager.

      Interview questions [2]

      Question 1

      Given a string of hexadecimal numbers in little-endian, make the string big-endian.
      Answer question

      Question 2

      You are outside a room with 3 lightbulbs, that are turned on, labeled 1,2,3. Outside the room there are 3 buttons that correspond to the lightbulbs inside. You can press the switches in any order without looking inside to turn light bulbs off. You can then go inside the room to determine which light corresponds to each light. How can you determine which light corresponds to what switch?
      1 Answer
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      Calix response
      7y
      Thank you for your constructive feedback you provided us last year. We continue to leverage your input and the details you provided to continue to enhance our planning process and processes around talent acquisition as a whole. We know there is always process improvement opportunities and ways to make us better in the areas of talent acquisition. Thanks again.