Hardware Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Broadcom with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 78% positive. To compare, the company-average is 69.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Hardware Engineer roles take an average of 11 days to get hired, when considering 11 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Broadcom overall takes an average of 14 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Broadcom as a Hardware Engineer according to 11 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 36%
Skills test: 21%
Phone interview: 14%
Presentation: 7%
IQ intelligence test: 7%
Background check: 7%
Personality test: 7%
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Just had the first round. The interviewer was really nice. Asked me a couple questions on my background. But they were not looking to sponsor at the time. I think it went well but we couldn't proceed because of sponsorship reasons.
Positive experience
Difficult interview
Application
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Broadcom (San Jose, CA) in Mar 2026
Interview
Contact from LinkedIn and a 15-minute phone interview
First: Hiring manager about 45 minutes
Second: The Director about 45 minutes
Panel interviews depend on the team's members
Recruiter Salary discussion
offer
The interview process was a 30 min interview with the hiring manager and then a 4 hour onsite interview. It was a good experience overall. This position was non technical despite the title of hardware engineer so they asked a lot of behavioral questions and scenario based questions and some questions about my background. I didn't hear anything afterwards.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Do you understand what the scope of this role is
What would you do in the scenario that you need a certain material within a week but the lead time is 10 days