It was a 1-hour interview, with two people conducting it.

The first interviewer was a design engineer, and the second was a verification engineer.

1. The first person explained the team and their work, then asked several design questions, including:

   • Design a sequence detector
   • Caches
   • Pipelining and hazards

2. The second person asked about UVM components, phases, projects, and testbench architecture within a project. They also inquired about verification plans and coverage.

Round 2: Manager

The manager offered me the role and asked a few power-related questions, as the position is within a mixed-signal IP team.

Consider a transaction between two components: data (8 bits) and address (32 bits).

When a mismatch occurs between expected and received data, what are the expected issues?