I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Synopsys (Mountain View, CA) in Aug 2013
Interview
The interview had 3 rounds (2 phone interviews and an onsite interview). I talked to the Hiring Manager over the phone for an hour in the first round where he asked me about my background and my experience. He was very impressed with me and passed me on to the 2nd round. In the 2nd round I got a call from a CAE manager in the Taiwan branch and it lasted for about 40 min which was a technical interview. I got an email after a couple of weeks saying that I was not selected for the onsite interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What do you know about the Physical Implementation of an IC?