I applied online. I interviewed at Broadcom (Tokyo) in May 2026
Interview
Initial document screening & HR interview can consider as average. But in the HR interview, they checked the technical knowledge as well. Like 30% HR related questions and 70% technical related. Waiting for the next technical interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
TCP handshake
UDP and use cases
Type of firewall and its use cases
VMware virtualization tech
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Broadcom in Mar 2025
Interview
The interview wasn’t easy and wasn’t hard
First was recruiter
Then technical for 1 hour than 30 minutes manager interview
After 1 week , recruiter called me and she said they are so happy and they will send an offer by the end of week and it has been more than 1 month and I didn’t get the offer till now and the recruiter ghosted me with no answer on emails and phones
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Network troubleshooting scenarios from the host A till host B
Short interview with some technical knowledge, mostly an assessment of fit into the team with your own experience taken on board (this was some time ago. It seemed like a decent team but with the oncoming Broadcom acquisition & constant flux of team & job changes on the horizon it didn't seem like a good fit
Technical Support Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Broadcom with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 75% positive. To compare, the company-average is 68.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Technical Support Engineer roles take an average of 11 days to get hired, when considering 4 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 Technical Support Engineer according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 23%
Phone interview: 23%
Personality test: 15%
One on one interview: 15%
IQ intelligence test: 8%
Group panel interview: 8%
Background check: 8%
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