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Embedded Systems

Embedded Systems test

Type: Programming skills

Time: 10 min

Languages: English

Level: Intermediate

Summary of the Embedded Systems test

This Embedded Systems test evaluates a candidate’s knowledge of hardware used in embedded systems and the firmware that runs on it. This screening test will help you hire an Embedded Systems Engineer who can design, develop, and maintain embedded systems.

Covered skills

Designing embedded systems
Understanding microcontrollers and peripherals
Writing firmware
Debugging and testing

Use the Embedded Systems test to hire

Embedded systems engineers, firmware engineers, microcontroller engineers, hardware engineers with software and firmware responsibilities, and test engineers with an embedded systems focus.

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About the Embedded Systems test

Hiring candidates with strong embedded systems skills brings significant business benefits. They develop efficient and reliable software for hardware devices, optimizing system performance and ensuring customer satisfaction. Skilled professionals troubleshoot complex issues, reducing development time and improving product quality.

This Embedded Systems test evaluates candidates' knowledge of embedded systems design, microcontrollers and peripherals, firmware writing, and testing/debugging. It assesses proficiency in hardware-software interaction, real-time systems, low-level programming, and issue resolution.

This screening test identifies candidates skilled at embedded systems development, firmware engineering, IoT device development, and related roles. Candidates who do well on this test deliver robust and innovative solutions to meet project requirements, ensure product reliability, and contribute to successful project implementation, accelerating time-to-market and improving overall business outcomes.

This test is made by a subject-matter expert

Aakash M.

With an MSc in electronics and over six years’ experience as an embedded systems engineer, Aakash is an expert in prototype development. A skilled user of various microcontrollers from PIC to Raspberry Pi and the nRF52 and STM32 ecosystems, Aakash has been involved in the development of a biomedical device that analyzes sleep patterns, as well as a robotic hand operated by EMG signals.

In his downtime, Aakash loves to cycle, watch Forensic Files, and learn about how megastructures are built.

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An assessment is the total package of tests and custom questions that you put together to evaluate your candidates. Each individual test within an assessment is designed to test something specific, such as a job skill or language. An assessment can consist of up to 5 tests and 20 custom questions. You can have candidates respond to your custom questions in several ways, such as with a personalized video.

A video question is a specific type of custom question you can add to your assessment. Video questions let you create a question and have your candidates use their webcam to record a video response. This is an excellent way to see how a candidate would conduct themselves in a live interview, and is especially useful for sales and hospitality roles. Some good examples of things to ask for video questions would be "Why do you want to work for our company?" or "Try to sell me an item you have on your desk right now."

Besides video questions, you can also add the following types of custom questions: multiple-choice, coding, file upload, and essay. Multiple-choice lets your candidates choose from a list of answers that you provide, coding lets you create a coding problem for them to solve, file upload allows your candidates to upload a file that you request (such as a resume or portfolio), and essay allows an open-ended text response to your question. You can learn more about different custom question types here.

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