I applied through an employee referral which I obtained at a college career fair. Cadence reached out to me with an interview within 3 days. I interviewed at Cadence Design Systems (San Jose) virtually. It was a single interview with the team head that specifically wanted me to come aboard as their intern, so he cared about getting to know me. The interview was scheduled to be 45 minutes long but ended up going for 1.5 hours.

Everything was quick and the recruiter was very responsive throughout the experience.

The offer included an NDA, so I won't get into specifics.