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      Staff Software Engineer Interview

      Jun 14, 2011
      Anonymous employee
      San Jose, CA
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Xilinx (San Jose, CA) in Oct 2010

      Interview

      Phone interview was a general screening interview Technical interviews covered - work experience, C++ & programming questions, Graph theory questions.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      What is the minimum number of colors required to represent each state in a Country map such that no two adjacent states are represented by the same color
      1 Answer

      Other Staff Software Engineer Interview Reviews for Xilinx

      Staff Software Engineer Interview

      Sep 28, 2012
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      San Jose, CA
      Declined offer
      Neutral experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Xilinx (San Jose, CA) in May 2012

      Interview

      Basic graph and data structure questions. Some programming tests. The difficulty was at most medium. I think I had five rounds. Prepare questions like tell me your most interesting projects etc.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      describe the shortest path of a graph with negative weights
      2 Answers
      2

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