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Member Technical Staff at Mentor Graphics
Posted Nov 27, 2011
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2011 in New Delhi (India) (took 1 week)
I had a written test and two interviews: one was 2:1 and the final one with manager was 1:1.
The written test had three sections: Software, Hardware and Analytical.
SOftware and Hardware had programming and hardware related questions respectively, analytical had some standard puzzles. In all about 30 questions in 90 minutes - time was short.
However, unless you do extremely badly, I don't think you will be sent away after the written test.
The 2:1 interview started with two graph-based questions. Then a couple of linked list questions and a question to findt he minimum in a stack, using two stacks. Then a couple of analytical questions were asked.
The second round was with the manager. He started off with some basic questions, and later entered towards graph-based questions. In the end, he asked a puzzle, and then asked about my salary expectations and everything.
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Senior Software Engineer at Mentor Graphics
Posted Jun 4, 2011 — 0 of 1 people found this helpful
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5.0
Very Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Jun 2010 in Huangdu, Shanghai (China) (took 3 days)
Just some simple technique questions, and I got the offer
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Rotational Emulation Engineer at Mentor Graphics
Posted Dec 22, 2010 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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3.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2010 in Fremont, CA (took 7 weeks)
Was contacted by the recruiter who set up a phone interview. Almost all questions were based on the projects on resume. Got a positive feedback from the recruiter within a few days, but took a long time to schedule an on-site interview. On-site interview consisted of 8 rounds with 8 different employees. All of them except for 1 asked interesting and very related questions.
C / C ++ --- Tested OOPS concepts with a sample code.
Verilog / VHDL -- Basic design questions.
Circuit Design questions.
Project related questions.
Logical puzzles ---- Extremely Vague !!!
No response for almost a month following the interview. Had to repeatedly mail the recruiter to get a response. Turned out to be a reject .. But was a good learning exp. Helped me crack the on-site interview for my dream job elsewhere.
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Software Development Engineer at Mentor Graphics
Posted Dec 17, 2010
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2008 (took a day)
One-day event. I met 5 persons. All were friendly and nice.
The interview questions involved algorithms, C++ coding, and brainteasers. Some wee challenging but the difficulty level was still reasonable. My experience is that, as long as the candidate has a strong CS background and good C++ programming skills, the interview process would be very smooth.
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Negotiation is possible. But it really depends on how well you perform in the interview. Having an offer already in hands is very helpful. They would counter the offer.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Software Development at Mentor Graphics
Posted Dec 14, 2010
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2010 (took 2 days)
They asked about the cumulative grade ,why don't I have honors
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Skills Test and a Background Check.
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Technical Marketing Engineer at Mentor Graphics
Posted Dec 6, 2010
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3.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2010 (took 4+ weeks)
Proficiency in Verilog, synthesis and C++ expected, with basic VLSI knowledge. It was a good experience
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Senior Member Technical Staff at Mentor Graphics
Posted Nov 16, 2010
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2008 in Hyderabad (India) (took 2+ weeks)
Written test on puzzles, C++, Data Structures, Algorithms. Pretty standard stuff. Then interview with Manager and then HR round.
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No negotiation required. They are good payers.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Associate Applications Engineer at Mentor Graphics
Posted Nov 3, 2010
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3.0
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2010 (took a day)
I was called 1 hour later than the time I was supposed to be called. The interview went pretty decent. I would not say I was the best but I was not bad either. Another person was supposed to call me the next day but I never got the call. I mailed and called the recruiter but he never got back to me
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ATME at Mentor Graphics
Posted Nov 3, 2010
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1.0
Very Easy Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jun 2010 in San Jose, CA (took 2 days)
Call from HR to discuss the position and the background. (I dont know why they read out stuff that we already have gone through at the time applying). HR says next round coming up. No reply for 2 weeks. HR calls and says be ready for a technical phone interview. Some engineer calls and goes through my resume for the 1st time while on the call ! Says you may not be a match for our department and asks whether why my resume was directed to their unit. Still goes ahead with the interview and says skills and resume are very impressive. Havent heard back since 3 months. They cant even flush out a reject mail !!
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Senior Applications Engineer at Mentor Graphics
Posted Oct 2, 2010
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3.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2008 (took 2 days)
Talk to various current employees in the group
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Do your home work and apply for current position. Do not expect raise anytime soon after joining.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Background Check.
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