Cadence Design Systems Intern Software Engineer interview questions
based on 5 ratings - Updated 29 Apr 2026
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Intern Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Cadence Design Systems with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 74.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Intern Software Engineer roles take an average of 1 day to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Cadence Design Systems overall takes an average of 11 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Cadence Design Systems as a Intern Software Engineer according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 33%
IQ intelligence test: 33%
One on one interview: 33%
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30 minute technical c++ knowledge and behavior questions asked about previous experience and c++ applications in previous projects online interview with one of the software dev from the team for first interview
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Cadence Design Systems (Burlington, MA) in Feb 2025
Interview
No OAs. Hiring manager directly reached out to me based on resume experience.
- 1st Round: Technical interview with hiring manager on concepts like caching and compiler optimizations.
- 2nd Round: Technical Interview with senior software engineer in the team.
I interviewed at Cadence Design Systems (San Jose, CA)
Interview
applied online, recruiter / hiring manager call, technical interview, offer. mostly behavioral and python based technical questions related around dsa. not necessarily leetcode style interview. overall good experience and not too hard