I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Cadence Design Systems
Interview
Was not offered a position after first interview due to no experience with Cadence tools. Found another job using Cadence tools and after a year I was hired. The interview was with the hiring manager and just one other engineer. Some very tough questions regarding my design experience and knowledge of the tools. They were very professional and the culture seemed like a great fit.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I was asked specific questions regarding PCB layout including how to handle differential pairs, constraints, multi-level highly complex PCBs.