I am an electrical engineer completing my masters degree. I have applied for the engineering leadership program at NI. My major is VLSI and CMOS analog and digital design. The interview is for 45 minutes on-campus at the university. Can anyone with prior interviewing experience at NI please tell me what kind of questions they ask. Do they ask technical questions, is it puzzle solving like Microsoft does, do they do a thorough HR interview with questions about leadership, problem solving, group activity and other aspects.\n\nKindly answer me as soon as is humanly possible.\n\nThank you,\n\nNIinterviewee.
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Explain how a PIN diode works.\n\nWhat is the impact of lead length on the input of a preamp?\n\nHow does Signal/Noise affect an amplifiers sensitivity?\n\nWhat are the watts loss for a voltage regulator?
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I have aboslutely no idea what Butchtroll is talking about. Scan "legals" for an employment application? He may claim that you have little experience as an electrical engineer; however, however, in your defense, I think he should either gain some experience applying for a job, or read your question more carefully . . . \n\nI took a look at their site, I would just send them an email expressing your interest. Most engineering jobs are not publically posted. Geographically, I'm not sure where you are but in the US and W. Europe, engineering jobs are usually found through headhunters (job placement agencies) that work with the major engineering firms and operating companies. \n\nIf you're looking for a major construction company, try Technicp, Stone&Webster, Halliburton, and some of the other majors. They hire electrical engineers (among others) all over the world.
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Dear Business Leader\n\nYou may already be familiar with the XYZ project currently taking place in your area.  I would like to announce that the implementation of this project has been very successful.\n\nThis project covers system & business process changes.  The successful implementation will bring new opportunity to you and other business leaders.\n\nPlease contact me if you have any questions or would like to discuss how this project will directly affect your business.\n\nSincerely,\n\n\nProject Coordinator and Announcer
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I retired from Lockheed Martin 4 years ago after 20 years in business development, program controls, and business planning. Do you have a specific question? It happens I am also an electrical engineer, but did not work as one with LM.
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As an HR professional I would suggest brushing up on these:  What do you know about our company and why would you be a good fit?  Why did you choose your major/college?  Where do you see yourself in 5 years?  What are your strengths/weaknesses?  Tell me about your most successful moment.  What would your friends/colleagues/family say about you?  Good luck!
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The tests are tough. Networking experience may or may not be a +. The questions are tricky and built around "Microsoft MOD curriculum" If you know the answers 'BILL' wants you'll do fine, if you know networking in any other form you probably will not pass. Best bet is buy one of the MCSE study preps & memorize it. The Official MOD is available from MS and has all of the answers the way they want them.\nYou don't say where you are so it's hard to guess how much it costs to test. Again try MS  for better info.
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I don't know yet about it... anyway, in what year of college are you in now? and what course? Because i'm a computer engineering student in the Philippines and i'm hoping that we might be in the same track and could eventually support each other's academe... Anyway, if you're interested just reply... Thanks
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A lecturer once gave me some advice.  He was on an interview panel and gave some code to a potential candidate.  He asked what was wrong with the code - as it turns out there was nothing wrong with it, but he wanted to see how the candidate deals with logical progession in program flow.  That said, I have added some links to a sites you may find useful as a starting point . . .
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Everything I've heard about NMMI is very good. I would suggest you go, if you are being given the opportunity. Keep you eyes on your long-term goals, and study hard!
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I don't mean this as spam but as a bit of 'Fatherly Advice' from someone who has been were you are going and it's intended to help you and not insult you.\n\nAs a retired Electrical Engineer, with B.S.E.E. and M.S.E.E. who spent 43 years in the industry and  ran a large Engineering dept. for years, I will tell you that I really wouldn't care what degree you held as I still wouldn't hire you because I made a point of NEVER hiring anyone who didn't know what the "Shift" key was to used for.  \n\nI know it's 'trendy' to do everything in lower case, but I would have had a difficlut time hiring anyone who did not CAPITALIZE the First Person Singular "I" not "i" and who failed to start a proper noun with a capital letter.  The same goes for  people who have to abbreviate any word with more than 5 letters because that tells me they probably don't KNOW the entire word and, if they do, then they can't spell it.\n\nIt was my experience that people who are lazy and sloppy with their written words and equally sloppy and lazy when it comes to their thinking or while doing the job that they probable don't have the necessary skills to do. \n\nEngineering is an exact science and, when people lack the communications skills to exchange exact scientific ideas... then I wouldn't hire them.\n\nI was given the advice, once, to take additional communications courses and I have to admit that was the best tip I ever got from a senior.  Being able to communicate  your ideas IN PROPER ENGLISH, in my opinion, has been MUCH more valuable than my Degrees if helping my career.\n\nAs to your question of "MS or JOB"... when I was your age, the Bachelor's Degree was important.  Now, however, at least in the U.S., I have to say the B.S. or B.A. is the 'old' High School Diploma.  this makes the M.S. or M.A. the new Bachelor's Degree.  With technology doubling every 5 years, or less, I tend to agree with this.  \n\nWhen I sat for my M.S. it was in "Artificial Vision" and was bleeding edge technology in 1978... now there are plastic toys being sold at Radio Shack that do the job better than I could all those years ago.  By the time I retired, in 2000, I was starting to feel well behind the knee of the learning curve when I compared my knowledge, skills and abilities with the young people coming out of the universities.\n\nOH...  One last thing... quit using the "Spell Checker"... learn to spell correctly in the first place.  If you want to look intelligent, then do so in writing if nothing else.
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Congratulations! That CCNA exam is such a big pain. -_-\nFunny how I bothered taking it BEFORE starting college.\nWell take a look at this and see if its worthwhile.\nhttp://www.teksystems.com/careers/CCNA-jobs.aspx
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I once was going to go into Electronic Engineering. I was told that it is a market where woman are needed most. Good luck to you....and who cares about whether it be suitable or not, does it make you good money??? Is it a job you love???
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Part of my job is to recruit graduates for our in house graduate scheme, and we readily accept graduates that are still studying, its part of the terms of the job offer - that they fulfil their studying commitments.\n\nLook at it this way - when we recruit managers, sometimes they have to give up to 3 months notice, so recruitment can generally take a while anyway - graduate or non graduate.
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Well - you can always shoot for the moon. Trust me though, you don't want "all companies recruitment process & interview papers" - Are you kidding?\n\nAnyways ---- One thing that comes in VERY handy at my company, to answer ALL interview questions is something that we call PARLA.\n\nProblem "What was a problem you had"\nAction "What action did you take to address it"\nResult "What was the results"\nLessons "What lessons did you learn"\nApply "How did you apply these lessons in the future"\n\nYou can use this to answer many generic sounding interview questions, ranging from "what is your biggest weakness" to "tell me about a time that you didn't work well with others".\n\nBasically, the company is looking for you to present yourself as someone who _learns_ from their actions, and the PARLA method will force you into an answer which demonstrates your ability to learn. Companies will like that.\n\nHope this helps!\n\np.s. Don't write P-A-R-L-A on the whiteboard - it'll kill the mood\n\np.p.s. Reponding to "IT" vs. "Software Engineer":\nInside of the "IT industry", there is this distinction, that "developers" are far different from "IT people". BUT - outside of the industry, this distinction is not well-understood. I can easily tell people that I am "in IT", despite my background in software development. But thank you for pointing it out.
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When I, as an HR Director, ask an individual to tell him about him or herself, I am looking to see where they go with the question.  Honestly, I am NOT looking to hear about friend, family, vacations, hobbies, or interests.  I AM looking to something to give me a clue as to how this complete stranger sitting in front of me will fit in on our team.  I want to hear that they are committed/dedicated to an employer, I NEED to hear that they are dependable, I really want to hear that they are a team player.\n\nTypically the "Tell me about yourself" question is the first thing an interviewer will ask.  It is the interviewee's first opportunity to shine!  Often times at this end of this question I have made my decision.
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Time compression.....sounds cool.  I think your question (what approach to take) is too general to get much good feedback here.  Where are you in the process?  The proposal stage?  Concept paper?  Have you picked a topic yet?  The other answer was correct in terms of finding and reading your university's thesis guide, it will have a lot of good information.  Feel free to email me with questions.
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Check out the below link. Its good. These are some interview questions on logic design that was online.\n\nhttp://ceaspub.eas.asu.edu/cse517/interview.html