IC Design Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Broadcom with 3.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 80% positive. To compare, the company-average is 69.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for IC Design Engineer roles take an average of 17 days to get hired, when considering 23 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 IC Design Engineer according to 23 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 25%
Skills test: 25%
Phone interview: 20%
Group panel interview: 10%
Background check: 8%
Presentation: 4%
Personality test: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
Drug test: 2%
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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. 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.
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?