Amazon Web Services Physical Design Engineer interview questions
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Three professional interviews, very similar to eachother. Each interview conducted by different two members of the physical design team,. The interviews did no seem to differ in difficulty. I only had two interviews.
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Was asked to explain hold and setup, draw a ff on transistor level and demonsrate which transistors are of the setup path and which are of the hold timing path.
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon Web Services (Tel Aviv-Yafo)
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The interview process consisted of two technical interviews, each lasting around two hours, where I was asked detailed questions about digital circuit design, timing analysis, and VLSI fundamentals. After that, there was a personal interview focused on communication skills, teamwork, and motivation for the position.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked me to explain the difference between setup time and hold time in digital circuits and how to fix a hold violation.