I applied in-person. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cadence Design Systems (Bengaluru) in Apr 2017
Interview
Interview was of 5 rounds .
Round 1 (Written) : There were 3 sections :
Section A : Program Writing with proper syntax
Section B : Puzzle solving
Section C: Optional(for ECE people)
Section D: Design for a given scenario
Written round was followed by 3 technical rounds. They asked STL, OOPS, data structure basic and advanced questions.
The last round was a meeting with HR, where he asked casual questions like why do you want to switch and salary expectation etc.
The experience was good. Interviewer was co-operative and giving hints when getting stuck to a problem.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked questions related to standard template library, OOPS, data structure.
Tree, linked lists and array was asked in data structure.
I applied online. I interviewed at Cadence Design Systems
Interview
Interviews went well, got to final stage with the CEO and he said they really wanted to hire me. Then I got completely ghosted and haven't heard from them in months.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Design a verification loop for a specific agentic subtask.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Cadence Design Systems (Florida Ridge, FL) in Jun 2026
Interview
The interview was great and not hard. It was mostly problem solving and fixing code snippets. Leetcode questions like Rotate image , merge intervals, and Jump Game. They also bring graph/tree traversal questions.
I applied online. I interviewed at Cadence Design Systems (Haifa) in Nov 2025
Interview
The on-site interview process consisted of two technical rounds focused heavily on core data structures, system design fundamentals. Each session included complex algorithmic questions requiring clean, efficient, and well-structured code
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Leetcode style questions, such as Hashmaps, BFS, LinkedLists..