I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Cadence Design Systems (Austin, TX) in Nov 2018
Interview
The interview was a multi-stage process with many points of contact that included one-on-one phone interviews and an on-site visit with one-on-one and panel interviews. The entire interview, hiring, and on-boarding process was assisted by several well-integrated computer systems with web-based front-ends that kept track of interviewee data and hiring status, accessible to the interviewee as well as hiring managers.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe the biggest challenges with mixed-signal verification
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Cadence Design Systems (San Jose, CA) in Jun 2018
Interview
I was called for a face to face interview but 4 interviews were Video Calls and 2 were face 2 face. The interview panel had people from all Back End domains plus DFT experts. Also, it had people with all experience levels.
Interview lasted 6 hours and after that the offer letter dint take much time.
It was 12 days process flat from beginning to accepting the offer
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I'm a DFT engineer and din't expect to be screened for PnR and timing questions as much.
But the interview did include many, in fact most of the questions from those domains
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Cadence Design Systems (Austin, TX) in Mar 2016
Interview
Technically focused and personally pleasing. Began with an employee referral, and the hiring manager was very quick to follow-up. It took some time for them to work with the HR for the final logistics details, but all the technical interviews were promptly finished. Once done with the interviews, the manager always kept me updated about the processes going on w.r.t. my hiring. Constant communication throughout the interview process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Focus mostly on power and its impact on 7nm technology nodes.