I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at National Instruments (Austin, TX) in Aug 2012
Interview
I had one phone technical interview and four technical 1:1 personal interviews with Test Engineering staff. They all were very nice. Questions seem to start easy and get progressively harder.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
- Algorithm to program a 4-Channel-DAQ/4-Input-Multiplexer/DMM configuration to measure three different voltages acquired by the DAQ sensing a DC Power Supply.
- Step response of RL and RC circuits
- Voltage and Current Measurements using programmable relay cards
- Noise Reduction (Twisted-pairing, shielded cable, High S/N ratio, etc.)
- Power, resistance, current and voltage tolerances of passive components
- Oscilloscopes (Frequency, Period, Amplitude, etc.)
- Spectrum Analyzers (FFT)
- Analog Filters (Low pass, etc.)
- Algorithm to calculate the rise time of RC circuit