I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Cadence Design Systems (San Jose, CA)
Interview
Received email to schedule phone interview. Scheduled the phone call for the same week. Phone call took about 20 minutes going through resume and answering basic coding concept questions. Got invite for on-site interview 2 weeks later. On-site interview is around 4 hours long starting with explanation of position and then the rest are technical questions. Interviews are 1 on 1, 30 minutes each and targets a different skill.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Phone interview:
Explain inheritance.
On-site:
Give expected output given C++ code that uses polymorphism.
Find the errors and inefficiencies given C++ code.
Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of different data structures.
Rewrite C code to take advantage of OOP.
Explain how you would test for correctness given a goal problem and the code.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Cadence Design Systems (Florida Ridge, FL) in Jun 2026
Interview
The interview was great and not hard. It was mostly problem solving and fixing code snippets. Leetcode questions like Rotate image , merge intervals, and Jump Game. They also bring graph/tree traversal questions.
The interview process typically involves submitting a resume, a phone or video screening, technical assessments or coding tests, followed by in-person or virtual interviews, and ends with feedback or an offer.
Was okay interview asks leet code questions and recruiter bahavior questions. I was not ceru confident of some lc questions because they force me to use python and c not java