Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Jose, California
Process
3 Rounds of interviews 1 was talking about C++ topics 1 was a LeetCode type problem 1 was talking about algorithms specifically graph algorithms
The 2nd two interviews were hard. The first interview was fairly easy. They happened one after each other with only 5 - 10 minutes break in between.
Questions
What is virtual in C++
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 16 interview experiences for the Cadence Design Systems Software Engineer role in San Jose, California.
Success Rate
Cadence Design Systems's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in San Jose, California is incredibly easy as the vast majority of engineers get an offer after going through it.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Cadence Design Systems's Software Engineer interview process in San Jose, California.
Cadence Design Systems Work Experiences
- 5.0Good companySoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeSan Jose, CaliforniaNovember 15, 2024Pros: It is a good company and manager with decent pay.Cons: Not much actually happened. The tools that they used are kinda old.
- 5.0software engineerSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Jose, CaliforniaMarch 6, 2016Pros: Wonderful place to work. Great team, sincere workers and a wonderful location. San Jose is beautiful and I love staying here with my friends and teammates.Cons: Not many cons to be honest. The project we work on are very interesting and sometimes quite hectic. But the management takes good care of its employees.
- 2.0ChaoticSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeSan Jose, CaliforniaOctober 3, 2025Pros: I worked from home during COVID. I performed interesting research.Cons: I had 3 different managers over one year.
