The process took 1 day. I interviewed at eSmart Tech (San Diego, CA)
Interview
Interviewed for a "tech" position, got hired on the spot for "engineer" and asked to start the next day.
There was only 1 hardware person who had plans to leave. I saw no future with this company.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
-was asked about my degree experience
-was asked about my electronics and job history
-was asked to solder some 0402 resistors to show my skills
1st interview was an easy coding challenge with simple questions.
2nd interview is with the CEO. He is very particular. I would say he is looking for a very specific type of person.
What I gathered from the interview is that you would be working for a lot of IOT devices
I applied online. I interviewed at eSmart Tech (San Diego, CA) in Feb 2018
Interview
I had a Phone Screen with easy coding problems. Next was On-site. I drove down to San-Diego for 2 hours. CEO appeared for the interview and he wasn't welcoming at all. After a cold brief introduction of himself, we moved onto solving a design problem. I was just graduated from college in CPE at that time, and didn't have any professional experience. I struggled and asked him for hints. He said that I should've learned this at college. Obviously, I never learned this at college, so I didn't know how to come up with the answer. He seemed very angry that I didn't know the answer to this simple(?) question, wasting his time. He started talking on the phone from there, ignoring me. It was a cold experience. I get that the CEO is an expert in his area, but he was arrogant and very rude, and I was able to foresee what it would be like to work for him. I was lucky that I didn't get the job. If I get a chance to interview at this company again, I wouldn't waste my time and I'll just move on. The CEO need to learn how to respect interviewees!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Design malloc and free that user can allocate and deallocate any number of memory blocks within 10KB.