Expleo embedded interview prep

Roles they hire for

• Embedded validation engineer
• Automotive software engineer

What they emphasise

• Validation and quality services
• Automotive and aerospace programmes
• Test automation

Brush up on

HILCANoe and CAPLTest automationISO 26262Requirements-based testing

How the rounds usually run

A typical engineering services loop for embedded roles. Companies vary by team and seniority.

Online test

• Aptitude and reasoning
• C programming, electronics and OS basics

Example: What does sizeof return for a struct with a char, an int and a char, and why?

Technical 1: C and fundamentals

• Pointers, memory, data structures in C
• Your projects and the tools you used

Example: Reverse a singly linked list in place.

Technical 2: Domain for the project

• Depends on the project: AUTOSAR, Linux drivers, RTOS or protocols
• Scenario questions from real client work

Example: Explain how you'd add a new peripheral driver in the stack you know best.

Client interview (for project roles)

• The client's own technical screen for their programme
• Communication and ownership

Example: Explain your last module's design to someone who didn't build it.

HR

• Notice period, location and compensation

Example: Are you open to onsite assignments?

Practice questions

Original questions written for Expleo's focus areas, not leaked ones.

1. Write CAPL-style pseudocode to send a CAN message every 100 ms and check a response.
2. How do you design test cases from a requirement written in natural language?
3. What's the difference between severity and priority, with an example?
4. How do you report a defect so a developer can fix it without asking you questions?
5. Design a test for an ECU's sleep and wake-up behaviour on CAN.

Your prep playlist

Design rounds to practise

Themes are inferred from Expleo's public product lines.