You?re Hired?25 Top Interview Questions for Circuit Designers [Conference Reports]

Organized by Mike Flynn (University of Michigan) and moderated by John Khoury (Silicon Labs), the Tuesday evening "You're Hired" ISSCC conference panel session became the perfect setting for exploring the philosophical aspects of job searching and practical issues such as corporate interview styles and standard technical questions. The long-term down-turn in the global economy contributed to genuine interest in the panelists' jobhunting advice. The session brought to light a dozen typical interview questions that probe a candidate's technical level by digging down to the fundamentals of the electronic design profession. Oscillations in relatively simple circuits triggered particularly interesting discussions between the panelists and the audience.