I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Cadence Design Systems (San Jose, CA) in Mar 2019
Interview
I interviewed with 4 different groups which was helpful for getting an overview of different roles in the company. Initially, I applied for one position, but several HR recruiters got back to me quickly, which was awesome compared to other companies that seem not to care. Mostly questions about C++ and lots of questions related to graph algorithms. There is a spectrum of groups from legacy products/code that are being optimized to new products. Some of the groups have harder interviews than others, but preparing for standard algo questions should get you there. Also, some groups have an emphasis on parallelism and distributed systems/scheduling, which would also be good to brush up on.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is the advantages of using an adjacency list versus adjacency matrix?
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Cadence Design Systems (Noida) in Feb 2023
Interview
I applied on the company website in Feb 2023. Recruiter contacted me. The process took 2 weeks total. There was screening round of C++ concepts and coding questions. virtual interview call.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. C++ concepts such as polymorphism, virtual functions, inheritance, operator overloading, initializer lists, pointers, references. 2. conceptual questions have more weightage.
Being referred and four interviews back to back. Three technical interviews and one interview chatting with manager. Technical interviews mostly about C++, not too many questions about data structure or algo. Got the offer two days later.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Cadence Design Systems in July 2019
Interview
Total 4 technical rounds were taken followed by last HR round.After that offer was given. They maily asked questions related to SV, UVM and C language. Asked to solve some small coding questions as well.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Write code to find, given number is big ending or not