I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Cadence Design Systems (San Jose, CA) in Apr 2015
Interview
Applied online followed by two phone interviews. First contacted by a member of the team, and then by manager after a week. Fairly straightforward interview process and lasted an hour each.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Asked basic questions on circuit theory, Standard cell characterization, sorting an array, linked list etc. Questions were asked on projects.