I applied through university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Synaptics (San Jose, CA) in June 2014
Interview
Phone interview followed by onsite interview, it was for 4 hours, they asked me about my resume and my projects. Basically they were trying to see problem solving skill and asking some questions to figure out how I will work in large team.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1> Setup and hold time
2> DMA
3> GPIB/i2c and spi
4>lab equipment
5>LabVIEW/Matlab