Principal Product Engineer Interview Experience - San Jose, California
Process
A little slow, but interviewers were great and the environment seems nice. Initial screening was a phone screening with a Cadence recruiter, then another phone screening with hiring manager, then a series of interviews with different members of their team.
Questions
Experience questions asked generally about past projects in both academic and professional environments.
Skill questions asked about basic things such as C++ vs. Python coding.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the Cadence Design Systems Principal Product Engineer role in San Jose, California.
Success Rate
Cadence Design Systems's interview process for their Principal Product Engineer roles in San Jose, California is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Cadence Design Systems's Principal Product Engineer interview process in San Jose, California.
Cadence Design Systems Work Experiences
- 5.0Great company to workPrincipal Product Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Jose, CaliforniaJuly 27, 2019Pros: The company offers good compensation, a great work culture, and decent growth opportunities.Cons: You need to reach out to management for growth opportunities a lot even if your work does the talking. RSUs are given very limitedly.
- 5.0ReviewPrincipal Product Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Jose, CaliforniaOctober 10, 2024Pros: Global recharge days provide a good break in between stressful weeks.Cons: Upper management can do a better job.
- 2.0Too much politics and internal overheadPrincipal Product Engineer • Former EmployeeSan Jose, CaliforniaJuly 25, 2011Pros: One of the leading EDA company. Chance to move around and get exposed to different areas. Some good people to work with within the company. Some good customers to work with. First to come up with solution for new features and try it out.Cons: Internal politics at manager level and above. Too many overhead because of the politics. Only few people are actually working and making the difference. Recognition is not given to the right people because of politics and internal relations.
