I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cadence Design Systems
Interview
3 Rounds of interview -> DSA and C++ questions based related to DP, graph, tree and priority queue
2 DSA questions in each round and few C++ questions in 2nd round(output based, OOPs concept).
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Cadence Design Systems (Noida) in Oct 2023
Interview
Long process, revoked the offer, after resignation, worst. No trust, don't go for that. Can be a trap. Fake decency, no respect for candidates. Can ask hld or lld even not required in job
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Dp, graphs, HLD, interviewer expects well known solution answer, no innovation
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Cadence Design Systems (Urbana, IL) in May 2022
Interview
I interviewed for the New Grad Software engineer position. First round was an easy/medium leetcode style question. Second (final) round was an interview with 2 engineers, probing C/C++ knowledge and going over resume.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
A knight chess piece is on an MxN board at some starting square. Given another square, create an algorithm to find the number of moves it would take for the knight to get to the square. Analyze time and space complexity of algorithm.
Software Engineer -2 applicants have rated the interview process at Cadence Design Systems with 2 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 77.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer -2 roles take an average of 7 days to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Cadence Design Systems overall takes an average of 20 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Cadence Design Systems as a Software Engineer -2 according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 50%
Skills test: 50%
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