Altera had a in school presentation about their Toronto site. I applied this job through school's job portal as well as email HR with my resume and transcript.
The interview was schedualed 2 weeks ahead.
There are two ppl interview me. Each with half hour.
The 1st interviewer was ask me some questions from my resume, most about my current research.
Then she ask me one question that: write function code to determinate if two rectangle if overlap or not.
The 2nd interviewer was ask about in a big matrix, with certain sized window. how to effecitly find the max window , and talk about how to implement it in hardware and software.

Interview Questions

write function code to determinate if two rectangle if overlap or not.

Answer Question

in a big matrix, with certain sized window. how to effecitly find the max window , and talk about how to implement it in hardware and software.

Answer Question

Other Details

I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Skills Test.

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Helpful Interview?

Yes | No

Inappropriate?

4.0

Difficult Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed May 2011 (took 3 weeks)

It was great

Interview Questions

How will your past experience shape your future strategies?

Answer Question

Negotiation Details

Very Fair

Other Details

The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Skills Test.

Helpful Interview?

Yes | No

Inappropriate?

3.0

Average Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Jun 2011 in San Jose, CA (took a day)

I was referred by my friend. After which hiring manager called me for phone interview. It went well. I was then called for on-site interview:

- On-site interview went for ~ 5- 6 hrs.
- Interviewed by 4-5 individuals.
- questions were mostly technical, touching on these areas:
- ASIC Implementation flow.
- What projects you worked on, describe how you implemented the chip/design.
- TCL related questions. (like lappend etc..)
- How will you analyze and fix setup time, hold time.
- Routing using higher metal layers.

Interview Questions

How will you arrange FPGA IPs on die and connect those.

Answer Question

Other Details

I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.

Helpful Interview?

Yes | No

Inappropriate?

4.0

Difficult Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed May 2011 in Santa Cruz, CA (took 2 days)

First phone interview was thorough, and had me solve a couple of problems. In person interview was good had several different people pose problems to solve. The workplace is pretty laid back, but people work hard.

Interview Questions

There are several problems that are asked to test your problem solving skills, not so much specific knowledge.

Answer Question

Other Details

I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Skills Test.

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Helpful Interview?

Yes | No

Inappropriate?

3.0

Average Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Jan 2011 (took a day)

Single day, 2 sessions of 2 technical people coming in one at a time to ask technical questions. I thought that I was applying to a specific position, but when I got there they said that that position didn't really exist and that they were looking to see where I would fit, which through me for a loop because I'd studied for a specific area. I regret not getting more clarification ahead of time.

Interview Questions

graph problems.

Answer Question

Other Details

I got the interview through a College or University.

Helpful Interview?

Yes | No

Inappropriate?

3.0

Average Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Declined Offer

Interviewed Sep 2010 in Pulau Pinang (Malaysia) (took 4+ weeks)

Perceptions - work life balance, company with less meetings means more time for real work

Interview Questions

Please give a few examples problems seen during silicon debug and how you solved them

Answer Question

Reason for Declining

Were offered comparable compensation and benifits with current employer

Other Details

I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview.

Helpful Interview?

Yes | No

Inappropriate?

4.0

Difficult Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Jan 2011 (took 2 days)

Mostly just a filter interview where I was bombarded with intelligence questions

Interview Questions

Draw the state machine logic for an elevator which has 4 floors. Take into account ALL factors (payload, speed, emergency cases)

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Helpful Interview?

Yes | No

Inappropriate?

2.0

Easy Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Mar 2011 in Milpitas, CA (took a day)

The interview consisted of basic digital design questions and questions from the projects described on the resume. The on site interview consisted of 4 rounds. Since the position was for IP core development, verilog was the main area of interest.

Interview Questions

Why Altera

Answer Question

Are you interviewing with other companies

Answer Question

Other Details

I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.

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Helpful Interview?

Yes | No

Inappropriate?

2.0

Easy Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Apr 2011 in Toronto, ON (Canada) (took a day)

two interviewers, 30 mins each. pure technical questions, one interviewer in software (C language) one in hardware. Casual dress code. Nice people. One question was about gray code counter. I didn't do well on the software part, probably that's why I didn't get the offer.