I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Cadence Design Systems (Bengaluru) in July 2015
Interview
The internal cadence recruiter called me and fixed the interview date for a face to face interview directly. There was no phone interview. The interview was OK. The interviewers asked some specific questions related to circuit design which were easy to answer
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Question 1
Technical questions in circuit design relevant to the group I was recruited for
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Cadence Design Systems (New York, NY) in July 2022
Interview
All questions were quite tricky. All were scenario based design problems. I was given enough time to solve it. Basically you have to come up with a digital circuit or architecture to solve the problem. No coding. Just looking at the way you approach and solve a problem like an architect.
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Question 1
serial data handshaking across clock domains, data overflow/undeflow management
I applied online. I interviewed at Cadence Design Systems (San Jose, CA) in Feb 2017
Interview
I applied through LinkedIn, I got my first call/email around last week of Jan-2017
1. Initial screening with HR about the position and JD
2. Followed by two phone Interviews, mainly technical - asked to write some basic kernels, C-programming questions and details about projects on resume
3. Onsite - interview : 5-6 rounds of interview with different team members, each focused on different aspects like DSP hardware, Computer Architecture, Computer Vision etc.,
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Question 1
Focused on basics of DSP hardware, C-programming, Computer Architecture, Computer Vision Algorithms, basic Linux and other details relevant to projects on resume.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Cadence Design Systems (San Jose, CA) in Apr 2016
Interview
I applied online on Linkedin and the HR contacted me the next day itself. I scheduled a phone interview in the next couple of days. The phone interview went well and they called me for a couple of onsite interviews. I was informed that they want me in the team a couple of days after the final onsite. I process was smooth, quick and professional.
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Question 1
CPU Design questions. Starting from Instruction fetch to Load-store
