I applied online. I interviewed at Cadence Design Systems (San Jose, CA) in May 2013
Interview
The 1st interview started by going over my CV and asking about my skills and expertise. The 2nd interview was on digital logic design and algorithmic problems. The last one was specifically about the position which was logic synthesis.
I applied online. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Cadence Design Systems (Chelmsford, MA) in May 2012
Interview
1 Telephonic round. Questions mainly on resume. Related to spice simulation and virtuoso software. Some basic skills and about the project i was working on.
Interview depends on type of position. For intern position, it is not hard and mostly single telephonic round. Know your resume very well. Cheers!!