Cadence Design Systems

I had totally 4 rounds of interview. Two technical interviews by the lead and architect, one managerial brains by the manager of the team and one HR round by the HR head.

The interview process was simple. First I met the hiring manager and was interviewed for about an hour. Cadence actually looks for your skill set and your willingness to take responsibility and learn. The second round was on site with the team membe

I had phone interviews followed by on-site. On-site I had 8 rounds of technical interviews. Questions from every step in the back-end design flow: floorplanning, placement, cts, STA, SI, physical verification and some scripting questions