I think it depends on the job. If this was for an embedded/firmware engineering position, I'd expect a level of EE knowledge that would at least make the concep

I think it depends on the job. If this was for an embedded/firmware engineering position, I'd expect a level of EE knowledge that would at least make the concept of everyone's phone sending data to a satellite be a non-starter. I think it's more relevant than asking an embedded engineer which sorting algorithm is the fastest.