I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Cadence Design Systems (San Jose, CA) in Apr 2017
Interview
Had a phone screen with my manager, another phone screen with software architect , onsite interview comprising of 5 rounds, 5 people , 1-on-1. Manager called me with an offer within an hour.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Cadence Design Systems (Noida) in Feb 2023
Interview
I applied on the company website in Feb 2023. Recruiter contacted me. The process took 2 weeks total. There was screening round of C++ concepts and coding questions. virtual interview call.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. C++ concepts such as polymorphism, virtual functions, inheritance, operator overloading, initializer lists, pointers, references. 2. conceptual questions have more weightage.
Being referred and four interviews back to back. Three technical interviews and one interview chatting with manager. Technical interviews mostly about C++, not too many questions about data structure or algo. Got the offer two days later.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Cadence Design Systems in Jul 2019
Interview
Total 4 technical rounds were taken followed by last HR round.After that offer was given. They maily asked questions related to SV, UVM and C language. Asked to solve some small coding questions as well.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Write code to find, given number is big ending or not