Cracking the Embedded Software Engineering Interview
Over 200 Embedded Engineering Questions and Solutions!
Chapter 0
Usually, any technical interview will have questions from these 3 categories
- Questions to test your subject knowledge
- Questions about the projects you have done and
- Questions about the test-task
Chapters 1 to 7: Subject Knowledge
The Seven Pillars of Embedded Software Engineering
C Programming Language
The Language you will use more often than English!
Microcontrollers and Peripherals
The staple diet for Embedded Developers!
Operating Systems
Your Working Environment!
Computer Networking
To talk to other Embedded devices!
Software Engineering
Software Engineering
Debugging Skills
Repair efficiently!
Basics of Electronics
Understand the hardware you use!
Each of these 7 chapters have been divided the questions into 3 difficulty levels
Easy
Your main focus should be on these questions and the surrounding knowledge if you are applying for an embedded internship position or a junior embedded developer position
Medium
If you are applying for a position that demands 2 years of experience, then I suggest focusing on the easy and the medium difficulty level questions.
Hard
If you are applying for a position that needs more than 2 years of experience then I suggest you read the entire book!
Chapter#8: Test-Tasks
The 8th chapter will be all about the test-tasks. Here you will learn about
- The best practices that the employer is looking for with the help of examples.
- Steps to follow to write your solution for a test task from scratch.
- Types of Questions to expect from your test task
Also you will get an example of a typical test task along with Solutions, Explanations and the Source code!
Chapter#9 Questions About Your Projects
The 9th chapter will focus on what kind of questions you can expect from the projects you have done.
