MediaTek India hires freshers mainly through campus drives: an online test (aptitude, C and electronics or OS MCQs, sometimes coding), two technical interviews and an HR round. Software-profile interviews focus on C, bit manipulation and OS; the test has a separate hardware section for electronics students. It has also run 6-12 month internships at its Bengaluru design centres.
Who can apply
- The online test has a software or hardware optional section, so both CS and ECE students take it
- MediaTek's India internship program has run 6 to 12 months at its Bengaluru design centres (roles such as SoC verification and design technology)
Key facts
- Entry-level software engineer pay (Levels.fyi, E7, India)
- about ₹23.9 LPA median (reported) [source]
- Entry-level hardware engineer pay (Levels.fyi, E7, India)
- about ₹30 LPA median (reported) [source]
- Online test (one reported format)
- 49 questions in 65 minutes on CoCubes [source]
- India internship (past program page)
- 6 to 12 months at Bengaluru design centres [source]
What MediaTek India asks — practise by section
Biggest topics to practise
Electronics & Comm. engineering: interview questions · core companies that hire · jobs through GATE
Interview process
- 1Online testReported formats: 49 MCQs in 65 min on CoCubes (aptitude, C pointers, basic electronics, software or hardware section), or 30 MCQs plus 2 C/C++ coding problems in 90 min.
- 2Technical interview 1About 60 minutes: OS scheduling algorithms, producer-consumer pseudocode, endianness, bitwise tricks such as finding a missing number, and a string problem.
- 3Technical interview 2About 60 minutes: project deep-dive, a small system design (Bluetooth bulb with multiple users), fast power function with bit operations, XOR without the XOR operator.
- 4HR roundAbout 30 minutes: why MediaTek and what it does in semiconductors, strengths and weaknesses, workplace expectations.
Questions to expect in MediaTek India interviews
Drawn from reported fresher tests and interviews (sources below), with short answers. Practise more on placd.
What are little-endian and big-endian, and how do you check a machine's endianness in C?
Little-endian stores the least significant byte at the lowest address (x86); big-endian stores the most significant byte first (network byte order). Check: unsigned int x = 1; char *c = (char *)&x; if *c == 1 the machine is little-endian. It matters for network protocols, file formats and memory dumps.
Compute the XOR of two numbers without using the XOR operator.
a XOR b = (a | b) & ~(a & b): the bits set in either number but not in both. An equivalent form is (a & ~b) | (~a & b).
Implement pow(x, n) and optimise it using bitwise operations.
Exponentiation by squaring: result = 1; while (n > 0) { if (n & 1) result *= x; x *= x; n >>= 1; }. Each bit of n is examined once, so it needs O(log n) multiplications instead of O(n). For negative n return 1 / pow(x, -n); watch for integer overflow.
Write pseudocode for the producer-consumer problem.
Bounded buffer of size N with semaphores empty = N, full = 0, mutex = 1. Producer: wait(empty); wait(mutex); add item; signal(mutex); signal(full). Consumer: wait(full); wait(mutex); remove item; signal(mutex); signal(empty). Taking mutex before empty or full can deadlock when the buffer is full or empty.
Reverse a linked list in groups of k nodes.
Reverse the first k nodes with the usual prev/curr/next pointers. The group's original head is now its tail; set its next to the result of reversing the rest the same way (recursively or in a loop). Clarify whether a final group shorter than k is reversed. O(n) time; O(1) extra space if done iteratively.
What are the operating regions of a MOSFET?
For an n-channel enhancement MOSFET: cutoff when Vgs < Vt (no channel, Id about 0); linear (triode) when Vgs > Vt and Vds < Vgs - Vt, acting as a voltage-controlled resistor; saturation when Vgs > Vt and Vds >= Vgs - Vt, where Id is about (1/2) k (Vgs - Vt)^2. Switches use cutoff and triode; amplifiers use saturation.
About MediaTek India hiring
Does MediaTek India hire ECE freshers?
Yes. MediaTek's campus test has a hardware section alongside the software one, and its India internship program has covered SoC verification and design technology. Many fresher roles are software (C, OS, embedded), though, so ECE students should prepare C pointers and OS as well as digital electronics and devices.
What is asked in the MediaTek online test?
Reported formats: 49 questions in 65 minutes on CoCubes (aptitude, C pointers, basic electronics, plus a software or hardware section), or 30 MCQs on OS, C, computer organisation and tree traversals plus 2 C/C++ coding problems in 90 minutes.
How much does MediaTek pay freshers in India?
MediaTek does not publish fresher pay. Levels.fyi lists E7 as the entry level in India, with median total compensation of about ₹23.9 LPA for software engineers and ₹30 LPA for hardware engineers. Treat these as reported figures; campus offers vary by college and role.
Sources
- India Internships - MediaTek
- MediaTek Interview Experience (On-Campus) - GeeksforGeeks
- MediaTek interview questions and experience - VLSI Universe
- MediaTek Software Engineer Salaries in India - Levels.fyi
- MediaTek Hardware Engineer Salaries in India - Levels.fyi
Checked on 25 Sep 2026. Recruitment rules change each cycle — confirm dates and eligibility in the official notification.