Firmware Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Seagate Technology with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 82% positive. To compare, the company-average is 65.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Firmware Engineer roles take an average of 14 days to get hired, when considering 11 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Seagate Technology overall takes an average of 27 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Seagate Technology as a Firmware Engineer according to 11 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 21%
One on one interview: 21%
Group panel interview: 18%
Skills test: 13%
Presentation: 8%
Background check: 8%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
Drug test: 5%
Personality test: 3%
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I interviewed at Seagate Technology (Shakopee, MN) in Nov 2011
Interview
The hiring process was relatively smooth and painless. I found a req, got an email from the hiring manager within a week, and then we had a 30 minute phone interview. From there, he arranged an onsite interview. The onsite interview was a bit more tedious. I interviewed with the Director, 3 Managers, HR Staff, 2 recent grads and 2 of their top engineers. I also had to take a written hour long test (I felt like I was in college). Overall, the questions were geared to find out who I was and what I was doing at my previous company. The tough questions came towards the end that kinda put me out of my comfort zone. I really liked the people I've interviewed with and I asked a lot of questions. From there, about a week and a half of back and forth of emails with the HR, I found out that they were going to extend an offer. Oh, and they don't base their reasoning for hire just on technical expertise, it's only a 1/5th of their overall selection process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Hardest part of the interview was the impromptu technical questions. Not necessarily hard but kinda puts you out of your comfort zone. I haven't done any Firmware development for Hard Drive/ SSD components so everything was *new* to me. Overall, I did "OK".
I applied online. I interviewed at Seagate Technology
Interview
Went to their office, where I was asked about some projects that I did. They cared quite deeply about the process in which I arrived at my conclusion, how the data was gathered, even more so than the result of the project.
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Seagate Technology (Pune) in Oct 2023
Interview
Going so deep for just simple things and behavior is not also acceptable. just stick to one topic and ask about many question on OS and C++ and also ask on bit manipulation
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
in bit manipulation they ask how to toggle given bit
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Seagate Technology (Pune) in Mar 2023
Interview
one hour offline interview. mostly they will hire as an intern and then based on performance and requirements will convert. C C++ coding skills are required. Problem solving, operating systems knowledge will be helpful.