I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cadence Design Systems (San Jose, CA) in Jun 2015
Interview
I got referred by a previous employee and got a phone interview by hiring manager directly. After that, I was asked to give two reference letter. And onsite interview with 3 guys within the team ans gladly got the oral offer within two days. The HR called me a few days after that to send me the package.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Mainly talked about resume and what did I do. Programming questions are simple algorithm and data structure like Tree, KD-Tree.
The interview process typically involves submitting a resume, a phone or video screening, technical assessments or coding tests, followed by in-person or virtual interviews, and ends with feedback or an offer.
Was okay interview asks leet code questions and recruiter bahavior questions. I was not ceru confident of some lc questions because they force me to use python and c not java
One phone screen by the hiring manager. Then after clearing phone screen came six 45 minute virtual on site rounds which were all technical rounds .No HR round took place.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
A few LC, some hardware questions and some research based