I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Broadcom (Cambridge, England) in Jun 2011
Interview
There was an initial telephonic interview with the hiring manager which lasted for about 30 mins. At the end of the telephonic conversation, the hiring manager expressed his interest to meet me in person. A f2f interview was scheduled later that week.
The f2f interview lasted for about 5-6 hours happening over 4 rounds. It covered mostly the basics and stuff that has been mentioned in the CV. The C interview was tricky, but nothing too difficult. No group/panel interview.
Later that day, I had a chance to meet the HR person.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
how would you reverse a 32 bit integer ?? for eg if the input is 0x76543210 the output has to be 0x01234567
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Broadcom
Interview
The interview was very detailed and lengthy. The hiring manager is very sharp but friendly. The HR partner is the most helpful experience. Interviewed with three different groups of engineers and managers.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How to build a script to avoid conflict in Windows memory management?
phone screen to discuss work experience and c++ question, then half day on site with 5 rounds, various white board coding and brain teaser, finally 2nd on site to meet second level manager, the questions are more general about behavior, culture fit, etc.
The hiring manager called directly for a phone interview and then had the HR schedule an onsite interview. Had the onsite in two weeks but took four weeks before hearing back about the offer.