That's what interviews for hardware engineers are like. I'm an embedded systems engineer, and as such about half my work is programming. I've only worked for co

That's what interviews for hardware engineers are like. I'm an embedded systems engineer, and as such about half my work is programming. I've only worked for companies that are primarily electronics manufacturers. I've hesitated to apply to companies that are more software focused largely because of my perception of their interview process. Interviews for electronic engineers consist mostly of talking about projects the candidate has worked on (for young people these might be college and hobby projects). The interviewer's questions are things like "what did you consider the most difficult part of that project?" or "What tools did you use for that?" or "why did you do it that way and not this other way?" No one has ever asked me to design something on a whiteboard, nor would they dream of asking me to rattle off the pinout of some random microprocessor. The software company interviews I hear about sound more like someone being tested to prove they aren't lying about their qualifications than like adults discussing a business deal.