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Job Search Year/Season: 2023 (Jan-Mar)
Highest current education level: Master's
Job Source: Applied Online - Technical Phone Interview
Interview Experience: βΉοΈ Negative
Interview Difficulty: π£ Hard
Interview Result: Fail
I applied to many companies, and Skyworks replied. They have many RF internships, but there's no HR contact. We scheduled a time, and the first round was a direct technical interview with the engineer/manager. It started with a normal introduction and some promises, and since I thought internship interviews would mainly focus on past experience, I only made sure my resume wouldn't stump me. But who knew they'd start with three direct attacks: I asked if I wanted to know some details about related projects (I had prepared slides), which was immediately rejected. They then asked me to take a pen and paper and answer about 15 questions. I
was a bit stunned at this point, but there was nothing I could do; I had to deal with it anyway. Then came a bunch of analog and RF questions (the worst part was that after answering each question, I had to hold it up in front of the camera).iPadHe came to take screenshots for record-keeping. I asked him why he did this, and he said that before
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