I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Cadence Design Systems (Noida) in May 2024
Interview
Multiple rounds- Total four rounds of interview focusing on C++, OOPS, Design Patterns, STL and algorithms. They go deep in any topic- like internal implementation of STL map, lambda function, operator overloading, virtual function. They shared sample code and asks for output or any error.
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Question 1
Some try-catch along with constructor and destructor. How to implement your custom map, how to choose a good hash function. Lambda expression in modern C++.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Cadence Design Systems in Jan 2023
Interview
"Incompetent HR, meager hike."
I was interviewed in Jan 2023. Third party recruiter contacted me, basically bridging communication between me and Cadence. He told me a descent hike which actually was meeting my expectations. Hence agreed for interview. Interviews were hectic. Total four engineers took interview. Cadence HR scheduled a call for an hour, but it went for almost three hours and two engineers took interview. Same happened in the second schedule, it went for two and half hours and two engineers took interview on that call. All rounds were technical except last round which was technical + managerial. After that there was an HR round, which was just a formality and a disappointment. More disappointment came when Cadence HR shared the numbers. They were significantly less compared to what i was told. The hike was just above to my annual appraisal, which was due in next two months. I discussed all this with Cadence HR, but talented HR has only one answer to all the questions "this is the only compensation Cadence can offer". Total time waste. It appeared to me HR job was just pass on the compensation number. There was no effort from HR to explain the compensation they are offering and why different compensation bracket was communicated in the beginning.
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Question 1
Average to slightly difficult questions along with a puzzle.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Cadence Design Systems (Munich, Bavaria) in Feb 2022
Interview
The process is quite long. 1 Informal introduction interview with the supperior, 5 technical interview, 2 coding, 2 system design, 1 design and algorithm optimization. Aftterwards 1 more communication and behavior interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1 Technical interview: 4 coding questions in 45 min. - swap 2 values without using aditional variables - code a search algorithm, do not use algorithm lib from STL 2 interview - Explain Assert bahavior in C++, Exception behavior and pros/cons 3 Interview Explain memmory management strategies at high throughput, Design constant memory access for high memory allocation data structures. 4 System design 5 Behavioral + system design interview
