I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Smart IOPS (Thiruvananthapuram) in Dec 2022
Interview
3 rounds. All were technical rounds based on digital verification. It was about Digital Electronics, System Verilog, UVM. Basic Digital questions like Flip Flops, counters, etc . Basic verilog coding
I applied through university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Smart IOPS (Kovilpatti) in July 2022
Interview
First step there was a Written test
With Aptitude 10 questions Not MCQ
Hardware 9 questions
C programming 5 questions
The basic level of recruiting was done with the basis of Aptitude
The candidates should have got minimum 5 questions correct
So that their technical portion will be corrected
Then those who got the maximum number of Aptitude questions right were called for the technical interview
In technical interview the candidates must be well aware of the digital electronics and basics of VLSI like Full Adders, Half Adders then about Latches ,Flip Flop, and in Microprocessor they asked about the memory cycle of read and write operations
It is enough that one must have basic knowledge in all the subjects they mentioned in the skill set of the job
It is a moderate level toughness of questions
I applied through university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Smart IOPS (Chennai) in May 2022
Interview
They came to Anna University, Chennai Campus to Recruit the PG candidates (VLSI, VLSI & EMBEDDED, WIRELESS, Communication Systems), I appeared for Firmware developement, Collected the info for VLSI ppl for FPGA design related info
There are two streams for written test.
1. Firmware Development
2. FPGA Design, FPGA Verification
Firmware Questions consists of:
1. Unix Basics,
2. C programming
3. MicroController & uP
4. Digital Electronics,
5. Aptitude - we have to workout and find the answers (there is no multiple choice - villan come in this way for me)
FPGA Design, Verification
1. Aptitude - 10 (no multiple choice)
2. Digital Electronics,
3. Verilog
4. C Programming
5. Few Microprocessor and Microcontroller questions.
The question paper is moderate if we are strong in UG subjects (esp dsd, up & uC and C programming) else it is tough.
We need to workout and answer the aptitude questions, they set some creteria for aptitute (must get 5+ marks).
I got shortlisted and called for interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Interview process.
1. Tell me about your self
2. What is your favourite subject in UG and PG. I said C programming and uP.
3. Few questions about structure and pointers, linked list
4. asked to write factorial program using recursive function. - didnt do well
5. Asked me to write a c program or pseduo code for the series 1, 22, 333, 4444, ...... etc, if i give the input is 10 it need to print the abovee series upto 10.. i didnt do well..
6. a question about memory interfacing in uP - i didnt anwers and felt bad why i mentioned uP is my favourite subject.
i have shortlisted many companies, the QP and interview process is more on technical (UG subject)
finally i am not selected.
From VLSI stream 3 members got slected, the pakage is 4.2L,
In interview, they asked about Digital Electronics (full of sequential design ), uP and Verilog.
if you are good at the UG subject you can crack the interview.