Cadence Design Systems Interview Questions

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I applied online. I interviewed at Cadence Design Systems (Chelmsford, MA).

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Hiring: The time between being contacted for the first time and receiving a final decision regarding an offer/rejection was about one month. During this time were phone, Skype, and in-person interviews.

Interviews: There were three interviews.

The first one was a phone-interview with one of the HR representatives, and also the first time I was contacted by Cadence. They asked general questions such as: "Where did you hear about Cadence?", "Why would you like to work here?", "What sort of work/hobbies have you done that have given you experience that can be used at Cadence".

The second interview was a set of 3 Skype video-interviews with people from the team I would be working with. These were 30-minute back-to-back interviews. The questions here were more technical-oriented, but appropriate for Skype. I.e., nothing that required me to draw or type out code. All answerable verbally.

The third and interview was an in-person interview. I flew out from another state, and Cadence provided all the logistics for getting there (Plane tickets, rental, hotel. They did a fantastic job). This interview lasted from about 9:00AM to 3:00PM. Lunch was included. I spoke with several different people over the course of this session, and about 3/4ths of questions were technical.
Because of the highly-visual nature of what Cadence does (EDA), the majority of these questions were about 2D/Computational Geometry and working through problems related to it.

Overall, the interviews were very pleasant. I did not feel rushed during the technical parts.

Tips for the Reader:

Phone Interview: They may end up calling first before contacting via email: be able to genuinely answer the questions mentioned above.

Skype Interview: Business-casual is fine. Now is the time to screen-share and show any programming projects/demos (for ~5 minutes).

In-Person Interview: There were some basic coding exercises that I had to do relating to syntax for C/C++. Most of the technical interviewing was about solving problems and seeing how I approached them. I enjoyed using a whiteboard to draw out the various geometrical problems and work through them. I was offered the chance to explain one of my own projects through code, but it was just easier to draw out how it worked.

Fantastic process overall.

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Application

I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Cadence Design Systems (Cary, NC) in September 2017.

Interview

Phone interview was good. The interviewer had a positive approach and made me feel comfortable. However the onsite interview was very bad. There were 3 people in the panel. The interviewers were not at all prepared and it was in a way to prove that I was not worthy of the position rather than trying to know my skill set. The worst interview I could have ever attended.

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Application

I applied online. I interviewed at Cadence Design Systems (San Jose, CA).

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Phone interview was scheduled through Email, asked basic Verilog question. Then I was called for an onsite. Received Offer after 2 days.
Important topics:
Writing Synthesizable Code
Understanding ASIC flow.
Assertions.
How do to debug a design.

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Application

I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Cadence Design Systems (San Jose, CA) in August 2017.

Interview

The interview process was very efficient and quick. Cadence contacted be shortly after I submitted my application to schedule a phone screening, and then shortly after that to schedule an on-site interview. The entire process of interviewing and waiting for them to contact me took about two weeks from when I submitted my application, which was a good length of time.

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I applied online. The process took 4+ weeks. I interviewed at Cadence Design Systems (San Jose, CA) in August 2017.

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Applied for the job and was contacted a month later. When I was contacted, I was asked to come in for an interview with a 2 day notice. I made arrangements and had an interview with my manager and intern program manager.

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Application

I applied through a recruiter. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Cadence Design Systems (Plano, TX) in August 2017.

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The hiring process took about a month and a half from my initial interview to final offer. I had three over the phone interviews and two in person. They were all very detailed about what they were looking for, what was expected, and what I could expect. The process felt more like having conversations. It flowed easily.

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Application

I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Cadence Design Systems in August 2017.

Interview

I was asked questions concerning developing algorithms for solving problems related to the job I was apply for. Some were straightforward and some were more difficult. For the more difficult ones the interviewers helped work me through toward the solution.

All of the interviewers seemed to people who would be good to work with. Fortunately they made me an offer, I said yes, and my suspicions about the interviewers, now colleagues proved correct and I consider myself very fortunate to be working for Cadence.

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Application

I applied online. The process took 4+ weeks. I interviewed at Cadence Design Systems (Pittsburgh, PA).

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Contacted by HR to schedule an interview with the manager. I applied online and got the response in 15 days. The questions were staright forward and i answered them well, even the manager appreciated my answers. But they sent me a reject mail after making me wait for 3 weeks and the HR did not even reply for my follow up email. Overall the questions were easy but the manager and the HR seems irresponsible.

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Application

I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Cadence Design Systems (San Jose, CA) in July 2017.

Interview

I had a 1 hour onsite panel interview with 3 team members: IT Group Director, IT Architect, and Vice President of IT. Everybody was friendly and didn't ask tricky questions. I was asked about my prior experience mostly.

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Application

I applied online. I interviewed at Cadence Design Systems.

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2 phone interviews - One purely technical with 3 members and one was a discussion with the Manager. Technical interview was based on Physical design including explaining the PD flow, about clock trees and techniques adopted to avoid SI and also about technology nodes.

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I got an email from the HR and the hiring manager. A few days later, the hiring manager sent me an email and scheduled a phone interview with me. Another few days later, a phone interviewed was done. I was noticed that I got the offer around 4 days later.

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