I applied online. I interviewed at Synopsys in Feb 2026
Difficult interview
Application
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Synopsys in Jun 2014
Interview
Got a direct call from the Technical panel, explaining to me the requirement they have, Followed by one Telephonic Discussion which is bainly focussed on my skill set, immediately followed by the onsite interview, Onsite interview is for the whole day comprising of 4 technical Rounds, followed by one HR interrview. Technical Discussion is mainly focussed on creative thinking, Problem solving and puzzles.
Area of focus was Data Structure and Algortihms, Debugging, Unix Internals and C Programming.
Onsite is followed by one more round of Telephonic Discussion from US Program Manager, it was also Technical Though.
I had two interviews, one with HR, one technical. Both interviews happened on Teams. It's was ok. . Got rejected after that.
They asked some simple C++ questions and coding problems.
The interview was pretty good, but I wasn't prepared for the EDA specific question since I haven't worked in that industry before. Plus points for using Rust, I really like that
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What would you do if I held you at gunpoint and told you to write unsafe C++ code with memory leaks?
Networking Basics:
What is Wi-Fi?
What does a router do?
What is the difference between download and upload speed?
Software/Hardware Troubleshooting:
What steps would you take if your computer won’t connect to the internet?
How would you troubleshoot a software crash?
What is the first thing you would check if your phone won’t turn on?