Since many of my friends and friends of my friends usually ask me about Valeo, what it does, what to expect in the interview process and in work, I decided to write a small post to help you pass the interview and to determine if this is what you really need. I will talk about other companies as well. These posts are going to be based on my experience and that of my colleagues and friends.
Valeo is an automotive supplier. It develops components for automotive OEMs like BMW, Ford, VW, etc ... These components are like Park4U (Auto Parking), Temperature Control, Vision, etc ... A modern car can include more than twenty ECUs or computers to control different things inside the car.
Valeo sells the whole component (Mechanical parts, electronics and software) as one package. It has many factories and development and research centers.
Basically, the interview process consists of the following steps (not necessarily in the same order).
- MCQ Exam (C language, Embedded Systems and Software Development Process)
- English Exam
- Technical Interview
- HR Interview (In English)
- GM Interview
The MCQ exam is a used to filter candidates who will go through the interview. To pass MCQ, you need to review or search the following
- C Language basics and know about different keywords and their usage and tricks like "volatile"
- Know what interrupts and critical sections are
- Know about V-Cycle model and the different stages of software development using V-Cycle model
- Research about CAN and LIN protocols that are widely used in Automotive industry. Just know their basics.
- Know about basic microcontroller architecture, PWM, ISRs, IO Ports, etc ..
The HR interview is pretty typical and mostly like any other HR interview but you should prepare for it well. You have to pass the HR interview to get an offer. I think most rejections are actually because they didn't pass the HR interview.
For the Technical interview, it should be very easy to pass, I was asked some very basic questions like: what is a bootloader? what are the main components inside a microcontroller? write a function to sort N integers ...
Some of my friends even got easier programming questions like a function to get the average of N integers or calculate the factorial!
Now to the important part : what to expect from Valeo?
- Stability : Valeo is a well-established corporation that has been there for more than half a century.
- Great Environment (Smart Village).
- Good Package and Insurance.
- Great and Friendly People.
- Working on Big Projects that are used by thousands of people.
- Personal development opportunities through different training courses (Communication Skills, Team Leadership, Handling work pressure, etc ..)
I hope this helps you set your expectations, and helps you to get an offer if you wish to apply :-)
See you in another post ..
