Great place to work
Great place to work
Great teamwork atmosphere
Large variety of opportunities both software and hardware
Flexibility in work schedule allows for a life outside of work
Number of employees not too big not too small ... just right size company
Quality products
No fitness center
No on site child care
Cafeteria is not that great
Need more EV charging stations
Some buildings on HQ campus need major updating
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Cadence Design Systems Interview Experiences
Hardware Engineer
Easy, applied online and had one phone interview. Manager just asked me about my qualities I can contribute. Questioned a bit about my resume but that was about it. Very simple and great company to go for. Although much harder to get full time opport
Hardware Engineer
Phone interview with a senior manager..was briefed on some of the technologies that CDS is working on. Later was asked some brief tech questions from circuit design, logic design fundamentals
Hardware Engineer
Interview with 7 people. Topics ranged from all disciplines of hardware design flow. Front-end, back-end and DFT. Questions were focused on tool usage, common issues found in my discipline and how I interacted with other teams.
Hardware Engineer
San Jose, CaliforniaApril 1, 2015Easy, applied online and had one phone interview. Manager just asked me about my qualities I can contribute. Questioned a bit about my resume but that was about it. Very simple and great company to go for. Although much harder to get full time opport
Hardware Engineer
December 6, 2012Phone interview with a senior manager..was briefed on some of the technologies that CDS is working on. Later was asked some brief tech questions from circuit design, logic design fundamentals
Hardware Engineer
Belo Horizonte, BrazilJanuary 1, 2022Interview with 7 people. Topics ranged from all disciplines of hardware design flow. Front-end, back-end and DFT. Questions were focused on tool usage, common issues found in my discipline and how I interacted with other teams.
