MaxLinear Software Engineer Interview Questions
& Process
Real candidates share what happened, how many rounds they had,
and how the experience turned out.
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Candidate interview experiences
First-hand accounts from people who interviewed at MaxLinear.
MaxLinear
Software Development Engineer
Entry Difficult Positive experience No offer 3 rounds
Interview process
Technical screen Technical screen
Interview formats
Coding Technical
The interview had 1 programming test covering DSA, followed by 2 technical rounds. The programming questions were of moderate difficulty. The technical rounds focused entirely on testing C language knowledge. For candidates from non-IT branches, their knowledge in their specific branch was also assessed.
Confirmed questions1 question
- Could you tell me the size of the provided structure?
MaxLinear
Senior Software Engineer
Senior Average Positive experience No offer 3 rounds
Interview process
Technical screen Technical screen Technical screen Panel
Interview formats
Coding Technical Behavioral
It was a 3 round online test. The first round had puzzles, c code snippets, and two easy programs. The second round was a coding round with one c program and a small function with errors. The third round was a technical round followed by a manager round.
Confirmed questions4 questions
- Questions about your projects
- Questions about Linux kernel basics
- Questions about OS concepts
MaxLinear
Software Engineer
Intern Average Negative experience Accept offer 1 round
Interview process
Technical screen Background check
Interview formats
Technical Coding
The interview was conducted on campus and lasted all day. I was selected for the internship, but after that, the company didn't send any proper email about my internship. They once asked for my resume through the placement cell. After that, there was no communication from the company. I waited for almost a year and couldn't get any information from the recruiters.
Confirmed questions1 question
- Write a C program that handles 4x4 matrices.
MaxLinear Software Engineer Interview Questions
Quoted word for word from MaxLinear interview reports.
“What distinguishes GSM from LTE?”
Read reports →“Is it possible to find a palindrome in a substring?”
Read reports →“Given a function f: int f(int a, int b, int c); a, b, c can be 0 or 1. Function f should return what it got more as argument - zeroes or ones. For example: If a = 1 b = 1 c = 0 it should return 1. If a = 0 b = 1 c = 0 it should return 0.”
Read reports →“Write a C program that handles 4x4 matrices.”
Read reports →“How do you interchange odd and even bits?”
Read report →“Could you explain how to calibrate a Spectrum Analyzer?”
Read report →“Could you tell me the size of the provided structure?”
Read report →“Can you explain the different layers of the OSI model?”
Read report →“Can you tell me about the advanced concepts of 11ax?”
Read report →Formats, difficulty and experience
Across all 14 MaxLinear interview reports.