I applied online. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Arm (Cambridge, England) in July 2011
Interview
Can be divided into two parts, the phone interview, and the final face to face interview.
Both of them were VERY technical in nature and competency questions were absent. Questions related directly to Logic circuits, Logic Systems, VLSI, Solid state electronics and transistor physics. The interview itself is very grueling, in that questions are asked till you are at the very end of your knowledge and put your hands up and say that you don't know anything about what they have asked, and that point is used as a measure of how well you know your stuff. I thought I did terribly on both occasions, in that I did reach points at which I could not answer a question anymore, but I had in fact done quite well in actually arriving at that point.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Was related to the effect of clock gate cloning and de-cloning.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Arm (San Diego, CA) in Apr 2026
Interview
1st was a hirevue interview - basic behavioral questions
2nd round was a panel interview - discussion on your resume and technical questions related to power and designing low power circuits
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given two processors, how would you determine which is better in terms of power (think about frequency, VDD, temperature etc)
Given a boolean logic, how would you reduce power in this
CV and then virtual interview then final interview through online call. It was basic interview about CV and some technical questions. It was not too difficult and intimidating. Technical interview depends on the role you apply for.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What was a difficult problem you encountered during your studies and how did you overcome it.
Interview was done online remotely with a manager and a graduate employee. General questions about previous experience and CB. Then followed by a live code session in Arm assembly with various technical questions.