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      CPU Implementation Engineer Interview

      Sep 17, 2018
      Anonymous employee
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Apple

      Interview

      1 round of phone interview followed by onsite interview which split into 4 interviewers each day for two days. Overall 9 interview. Each of them covered different topics and interview was challenging.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Explain Tomasulo completely, SRAM design, cmos gate optimization, tools and constraints, semiconductor device characteristics, process corners etc were the topics covered
      Answer question
      1

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      CPU Implementation Engineer Interview

      Feb 27, 2025
      Anonymous employee
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Apple

      Interview

      3 rounds of tech interviews, Not hard. People are friendly, and not harsh at all. Sometimes, they even walk through the thinking process. But one should still be prepared to answer questions related to architecture.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      What's the difference between a register and a small piece of memory
      Answer question

      CPU Implementation Engineer Interview

      May 3, 2021
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Austin, TX
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Apple (Austin, TX) in Mar 2019

      Interview

      One technical phone interview - 45mins to one hour. - HR got back pretty quick with 2-3 days On site interview - 6 technical & 1 HR round ( 1 PD, 1 timing, 1 power, 3 RTL rounds - manager interview was RTL related)

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      1)why clock tree has inverters and not buffers? 2) structure of buffer internally 3) swap VDD & GND for inverter - describe the output 4) major elements to consider when building clock tree 5) why insertion delay is important? 6) CRPR 7) skew vs jitter RTL round 1) always block sensitivity list 2) latch inference 3) basic pipeline stages 4) hazards in pipeline 5) timing feedback to rtl PD round 1) basic Perl/python code to parse files and print data 2) regexp example 3) timing basics - aocv, pocv 4) how and why derating is done Manager interview - Resume related Timing round 1) timing driven restructuring example 2) identifying critical path in the given design 3) reordering of inputs based on criticality 4) how does transition affect cell delay 5) how can we vary transition to change setup and hold time Power round 1) multi VDD design basics 2) power gating 3) structure of level shifter 4) IR drop and EM problems 6) antenna violation 7) leakage power and it’s components RTL round 2 1) showed 2 timing paths and asked to identify the issues in the path 2) write an algorithm to store elements in a memory 3) reg array vs reg latch
      Answer question
      3

      Apple interviews FAQs

      • CPU Implementation Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Apple with 3.7 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 64% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
      • Candidates applying for CPU Implementation Engineer roles take an average of 30 days to get hired, when considering 3 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Apple overall takes an average of 29 days.
      • Common stages of the interview process at Apple as a CPU Implementation Engineer according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:

        One on one interview:  27%

        Phone interview:  18%

        Presentation:  18%

        IQ intelligence test:  9%

        Drug test:  9%

        Personality test:  9%

        Skills test:  9%

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