I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Broadcom (San Jose, CA) in Jun 2013
Interview
It was a day long interview. 6 people intervied me. Each was 45 min to 1 hr. All the interviewers tested me on different topics. All were very focused on the topic.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Broadcom (Bengaluru) in Jul 2015
Interview
There were 7 candidates shortlisted for the interview. It started with a question paper containing 20 questions(subjective) to be solved in an hour. After one hour the two team leads called everyone individually. They began with the person who performed well in the test. The interviewer's mainly focused on the question paper during the interview. Finally they shortlisted 2 candidates from the interview, who went to meet the manager, rest of us were sent home. One candidate(my friend) got selected.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Basic Digital Electronics, Timing Analysis, Circuits with NMOS(find Vout) and PMOS NMOS both, Edge detector circuit, Frequency divider/doubler circuit, CMOS Inverter based questions, Your project work(PG/UG)