I applied online. I interviewed at Bose (Framingham, MA) in Mar 2014
Interview
Extensive full day interview in two stages.
Phone interview: 1 hour technical, 1 hour non-technical.
On-site: 3 hours of technical (with 3 people), 1 hour lunch (with a manager), 1/2 hour with a HR person, 1/2 hour wrap up (with a manager).
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Give a use case where Hilbert transform might be useful in an audio processing system.
I applied online. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Bose in Jan 2020
Interview
The interviewer was polite and friendly. Initially, he asked me questions about the projects mentioned in my resume. Later, he briefed me about his team and the work that they were doing. There were some questions related to fixed and floating-point programming. I was also asked about my experience with embedded DSP Processors and microphone-array beamforming algorithms.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Bose (New York, NY) in Oct 2015
Interview
Sent in an application, got an email three weeks later, a phone interview the next week. It was done by the first question. (I'm surprised I was even interviewed for this position). The interviewer was very friendly and personable and totally not antagonistic in spite of my lack of knowledge. This just wasn't the job for me, no big deal. There was a virtual whiteboard and a computer was required for the first phone interview. I spent the whole weekend before studying Fourier transforms of common signals, IIR/FIR filters and their responses, aliasing theory (and how to calculate aliasing frequencies), time/frequency tradeoffs when FFTs...it was over after one question. KNOW YOUR TRANSFORMS.
DSP Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Bose with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 62.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for DSP Software Engineer roles take an average of 17 days to get hired, when considering 3 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Bose overall takes an average of 24 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Bose as a DSP Software Engineer according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 33%
Presentation: 22%
One on one interview: 11%
Group panel interview: 11%
Background check: 11%
Skills test: 11%
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