I approached the company via a friend.

Two different groups approached me for two different positions. I was on a timeline, as within a few weeks I was on my way abroad for a long period. The recruiters worked well with me and scheduled interviews on short notice.

This essentially consisted of one phone screen, followed by a first round of 4-5 interviewers for each position. I was rejected for one position and proceeded to a second round of 4-5 interviewers.

The interviews were easy to moderate. This was probably because there was a lot of overlap between my background and what they were looking for. Most questions were based on describing my previous work and cross-questions, with a few questions about design fundamentals. Two interviewers asked me about release mechanisms and understanding large design flows. Every interviewer was polite and professional.

Then I left for India. A few weeks later, I heard back from the recruiter, who informed me they were going ahead with an offer.

Across the design stack, here are a few low-power design ideas:

• Power gating
• Clock gating
• Dynamic voltage and frequency scaling (DVFS)
• Sleep modes
• Multi-voltage domains
• Low-power memory design
• Leakage reduction techniques