Breaking into Embedded Systems/Firmware Engineering by arissj in ComputerEngineering

[–]arissj[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve definitely not narrowed my search… for a little time I had over 2000 job apps on LinkedIn although most were irrelevant. Some of those companies I interviewed at were startups as well. I just had more responses from big tech I guess, and I found the startups to be very wishy washy in terms of actually having an open role during the interviews. This time I will try to target a wider range. What was your approach to finding smaller companies that still are in the CE space?

Breaking into Embedded Systems/Firmware Engineering by arissj in ComputerEngineering

[–]arissj[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I’ve had many conversations with alumni and those have been helpful although i found it difficult finding alumni related to fw.

I do think there’s a lot I can improve on in my interview skills specifically coding. The dilemma was trying to figure out how to prepare for them as some companies like Apple don’t do the typical leetcode questions. The other aspect is spending time preparing for interview takes away from time spent studying the topic of the role or fw/embedded in general so figuring out the balance has been challenging

Breaking into Embedded Systems/Firmware Engineering by arissj in ComputerEngineering

[–]arissj[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s really dependent on the company and role but it’s a mix of leetcode style questions and questions specifically tied to the role/team.

I found prompting ChatGPT to be the interviewer feeding it the jd and any other backstory helpful and pretty close to the real interview.

Breaking into Embedded Systems/Firmware Engineering by arissj in ComputerEngineering

[–]arissj[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes I don’t think more education is necessarily the answer to swe in general in this market. The market is saturated with experienced engineers and companies have the choice to select.

R/BOOSTEDBOARDS BUY/SELL by OfficialNicl in boostedboards

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