Interviewers are very friendly, basic coding in Verilog and Python, questions on digital design concepts. Interviewers are interested in the details of past projects, in particular scripting, testing and debugging.
The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at AMD (Sydney)
Interview
The interview process involved an initial screening interview which was technical and after clearing it a follow up by a main technical interview was held which delved deep into core topics.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe your project and your method of approach.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at AMD in Jun 2025
Interview
1 round, 1 hour long technical interview with engineer. Questions about digital design, verilog, past experience/internships, etc. Introduction to product and internship responsibilities. Coding and block diagram drawing, as well as waveform analysis.
Silicon Design Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at AMD with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 68.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Silicon Design Engineer roles take an average of 9 days to get hired, when considering 6 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at AMD overall takes an average of 17 days.
Common stages of the interview process at AMD as a Silicon Design Engineer according to 6 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 26%
One on one interview: 16%
Group panel interview: 16%
Phone interview: 16%
IQ intelligence test: 11%
Personality test: 5%
Presentation: 5%
Other: 5%
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