I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Synopsis (Bengaluru) in Apr 2024
Interview
When I got a call from synopsys I thought its a first stage screening process but they directly started with the interview. Then came te HR interview. They mainly asked about the relevant topics in my resume that they are working on.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1.What timing constraint would you define if you do not what the tool to throw a specific timing error across clock domain?
2. How did you initialize PCIe? what difficulties did you face and how did you overcome it?
3. You have 32 bits of data and you want to store it in a 64 memory locations? In axi transaction what would you define as burst length and burst size?
4.how do you instantiate DDR memory?
5. what does PCIe use to send interrupts?
I had one interview. I have Design experience. The role they wanted was R&D for applications. I was not qualified for the role. The interviewer was annoyed that my resumer even passed to her.
I applied through other source. I interviewed at Synopsis (Austin, TX) in Dec 2023
Interview
I had an initial screening followed by an interview with team manager. I did not hear back after the interview with the team manager. The initial screening was great. I had a great time speaking with the recruiter.
The team manager was a tough egg to crack. There wasn’t a way to build rapport with him to open up a more personalized conversation. Not sure if that was his interview style, but in the end I tried my best.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What stood out the most was, “How closely have you worked with VAR’s in your current role?