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Software Engineer Interview Experience - United States

May 16, 2026
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

The process included an initial recruiter screening followed by a longer virtual technical interview with the hiring team.

The interview covered my background, project experience, C++/algorithms/data structures, scripting experience, and some FPGA/EDA-related concepts such as timing analysis and debugging.

Overall, the process was professional and focused on both software fundamentals and domain knowledge.

Questions

One question they asked was how I would approach parsing a large Verilog netlist and identifying module instantiations efficiently.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 13 interview experiences for the Microchip Technology Software Engineer role in United States.

Success Rate

23%
Pass Rate

Microchip Technology's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in the United States is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive54%
Neutral23%
Negative23%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Microchip Technology's Software Engineer interview process in United States.