I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cadence Design Systems (Noida) in May 2011
Interview
3 rounds in the interview process:
1) Written test: Some basic electronics questions along with software and aptitude questions.
2) Technical Interview: Questions on virtual table, classes in C++, compiler design (if you have knowledge about it). Also, some basic electronics questions related to MUX and gates.
3) Panel Interview : Puzzles, some coding questions and advanced data structures like AVL tree(only if you have knowledge).
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Game related to coins : There are a bunch of coins on the table (about 20 I think) and 2 players have to pick 1-5 coins at each turn. The player who picks last coin wins the game. What will be your strategy if you are given the 1st chance to pick coins ?
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Cadence Design Systems (Noida) in Jul 2012
Interview
written then 2 interviews and then HR interview. interview consisted of basic digital and c c++ questions.they also asked about static time analysis and sequential circuits.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
puzzles about defective balls and balance. it had 12 balls and one of them was defected so to find it in minimum no of weighings.