Software Developer applicants have rated the interview process at Xilinx with 3.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 53% positive. To compare, the company-average is 63.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Developer roles take an average of 13 days to get hired, when considering 18 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Xilinx overall takes an average of 17 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Xilinx as a Software Developer according to 18 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 30%
One on one interview: 19%
Group panel interview: 9%
IQ intelligence test: 9%
Presentation: 9%
Background check: 7%
Drug test: 7%
Skills test: 7%
Other: 2%
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I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Xilinx in Dec 2020
Interview
1 written exam round. Basic mcq questions on C,C++ and a code with medium difficulty. The exam duration was 2 hours. Candidates are called based on exam performance and resume shortlisting.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
OOP concepts, Static functions, virtual functions, virtual address and physical address, paging etc.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Xilinx (Edinburgh, Scotland)
Interview
I attended a approx. 2 hour zoom interview. There was a panel of 4 who asked questions during a presentation I had prepared, this was followed by a series of questions from a prepared document, mainly about C code and Linux.
I waited 2 weeks for a decision and received no feedback despite asking, twice.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Xilinx (San Jose, CA) in Jun 2021
Interview
The interview consisted of two rounds; An introductory round with the hiring manager and a principal software developer. The second round was a string of interviews with the team members, the hiring manager and the VP of design tools.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Data structures and algorithms (Trees, Graphs, DFS, BFS), C++, Object oriented design and Cryptography
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Xilinx (San Jose, CA) in Apr 2021
Interview
There was an initial phone call with a recruiter and then a technical phone screen with a hiring manager and then actual technical interview which was done in 3 rounds of 45 min to 1 hour each. I applied online on their website
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
General leetcode easy-medium style questions related to graphs since that's what I was working on in my internship