Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Cavium Networks as 100% positive with a difficulty rating score of 4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Senior Kernel Engineer and rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Senior Kernel Engineer and roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at Cavium Networks takes an average of 14 days when considering 1 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Senior Kernel Engineer had the quickest hiring process (on average 14 days), whereas Senior Kernel Engineer roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 14 days).
Forty five minute FIT call followed by 6 rounds of technical interviews, spread over 2 days and 6 hours. Entire process took about 3 weeks from application to offer. Hybrid option available.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Projects worked on and explain. How relevant are they to current position.
1. Screening interview 2. Phone screen interviews 3. First in-person interview 4. Competency interview 5. Second and third interviews 6. Invitation to a social gathering 7. Final interview 8. Background check 9. Job offer
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Cavium Networks (Bengaluru) in Mar 2019
Interview
Good knowledge full questions
They are asking basic to In depth questions
Mostly in ARM processors
Kernel internlas & Device drivers debugging
Boot loaders , ARM32, ARM64, Spin lock, interrupt handlers, bottom half processing