Not a good place for Field Applications Engineers
Not a good place for Field Applications Engineers
Good compensation. Company values set by the CEO are good.
No work life balance. Very political and back-stabbing environment. Growth is slow, with no path to progress. The Applications Engineering team is replacing older employees with new-grads. Upper management is all fluff and doesn't care much other than winning business. Employees are like resources and with 15-20 AEs reporting to one manager there is very poor management.
Hire competent managers to manage people. Make plans to solve problems and not just run around like headless chickens.
The CEO is trying to set a good culture, but because of your lack of management skills and your own agendas these values are not propagating all the way down.
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Cadence Design Systems Interview Experiences
Applications Engineer
Short phone interview with simple questions on resume like how much do you know about Perl, Verilog etc. Confirmed for onsite interview immediately Onsite : 3 rounds 1st 45 min didn't involve any questions, just discussion about position 2nd 1
Applications Engineer
The interview process lasted all day. The morning session tested compatibility with the team members and a casual lunch. The afternoon sessions involved technical aspects of the job. Overall, the experience was great.
Applications Engineer
Interviewed with manager personally, followed by 2 phone interviews each with a team member which were technical questions for the most part and then one more phone interview with manager regarding experience with working with customers
Applications Engineer
San Jose, CaliforniaApril 11, 2015Short phone interview with simple questions on resume like how much do you know about Perl, Verilog etc. Confirmed for onsite interview immediately Onsite : 3 rounds 1st 45 min didn't involve any questions, just discussion about position 2nd 1
Applications Engineer
San Jose, CaliforniaSeptember 1, 2015The interview process lasted all day. The morning session tested compatibility with the team members and a casual lunch. The afternoon sessions involved technical aspects of the job. Overall, the experience was great.
Applications Engineer
San Jose, CaliforniaSeptember 1, 2017Interviewed with manager personally, followed by 2 phone interviews each with a team member which were technical questions for the most part and then one more phone interview with manager regarding experience with working with customers
