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Intel Physical Design Engineer Trainee Interview Questions and Answers

Updated 28 Jul 2024

Intel Physical Design Engineer Trainee Interview Experiences

2 interviews found

Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
No response

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Jan 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

10 questions on aptitude

Round 2 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. What is inverter?
  • Ans. 

    An inverter is a basic building block in digital circuit design that converts a high voltage input signal to a low voltage output signal.

    • Inverters are used to implement logic gates in digital circuits.

    • They have one input and one output.

    • The output of an inverter is the logical complement of its input.

    • Inverters are essential for signal processing and amplification in electronic devices.

    • Example: CMOS inverter, TTL inverte

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. What is clock gating?
  • Ans. 

    Clock gating is a power-saving technique used in digital design to disable the clock signal to certain parts of a circuit when they are not in use.

    • Clock gating helps reduce power consumption by stopping the clock signal to unused parts of the circuit.

    • It involves inserting logic gates in the clock path to control when the clock signal is enabled or disabled.

    • Example: In a processor, clock gating can be used to disable th...

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for Intel Physical Design Engineer Trainee interview:
  • CMOS

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
No response

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Jan 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

10 questions of aptitude with one hour time

Round 2 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. What is inverter?
  • Ans. 

    An inverter is a basic building block in digital circuit design that converts a high voltage input signal into a low voltage output signal.

    • Inverters are used to implement logic gates in digital circuits.

    • They have one input and one output.

    • The output of an inverter is the logical complement of its input.

    • Inverters are essential for signal processing and amplification in electronic devices.

    • Example: CMOS inverter, TTL inver

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. What is clock gating?
  • Ans. 

    Clock gating is a technique used in digital design to reduce power consumption by selectively stopping the clock signal to certain parts of a circuit when they are not in use.

    • Clock gating involves inserting logic gates in the clock signal path to control when the clock signal is allowed to reach certain parts of the circuit.

    • It helps in reducing dynamic power consumption by preventing unnecessary switching activity in t...

  • Answered by AI

Skills evaluated in this interview

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Q4. Why don't we consider hold analysis during placement stage?
Q5. What is the process for creating a CMOS stick diagram?

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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in Feb 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Basic MOS fundamentals and basic knowledge of high speed VLSI circuit design knowledge and how to optimize circuit for PPA metric.
Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. VLSI fundamentals.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be yourself and do not worry and get tensed. Always speak truth to your interviewers if they sensed something wrong they will make you shit your pants if your reply is not satisfactory and may even blacklist you.
Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Toggle the bits of given input
  • Ans. 

    Toggle the bits of given input

    • Create a mask with all bits set to 1

    • XOR the input with the mask to toggle the bits

    • Repeat the process for each bit position

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Clear the set bit
Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Print the star pattern
  • Ans. 

    Print a star pattern using loops

    • Use nested loops to print the desired pattern

    • Increment the number of stars in each row to create the pattern

    • Example: for a pattern with 5 rows - * , ** , *** , **** , *****

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Microprocessor microcontroller topics are asked

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via campus placement at Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology (NSIT) and was interviewed in Sep 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Basic aptitude-10 question,digital moderate -Question,analog moderate -10 question,verilog and system verilog -10 question

Round 2 - One-on-one 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. Latches and flip flop all characteristics equation and proof of the characteristics equation in flip flop.applications of flip flop
  • Q2. OOPS,INHERITANCE,VERILOG,BLOCKING - NON BLOCKING ASSIGNMENT OPERATOR and all the basic operations of verilog .
  • Q3. Discussion on work experience.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be bonafide with your fundamentals core of digital circuits and design .
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. What is cross talk
  • Ans. 

    Cross talk is the unwanted transfer of signals between different components or traces on a circuit board.

    • Occurs when signals from one trace interfere with signals on another trace

    • Can lead to signal distortion or errors in data transmission

    • Prevented by proper spacing and shielding between traces

    • Example: Cross talk between data lines on a PCB causing errors in communication

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. How to define generated clocks through edges
  • Ans. 

    Generated clocks through edges are defined by specifying the source clock and the edge on which the generated clock is based.

    • Specify the source clock for the generated clock

    • Define the edge (rising/falling) on which the generated clock is based

    • Use tools like Synopsys Design Compiler to define generated clocks

  • Answered by AI
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Assertions and coverage
  • Q2. Umv basic principle
  • Ans. 

    UVM (Universal Verification Methodology) basic principle is to provide a standardized methodology for verifying digital designs.

    • UVM is based on SystemVerilog and provides a framework for creating reusable verification environments

    • It promotes the use of object-oriented programming techniques for creating modular and scalable testbenches

    • UVM encourages the use of constrained-random stimulus generation and coverage-driven ...

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare basics
Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Jan 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Basics of analog , digital and vlsi
  • Q2. On face to face interview, they asked me abt my projects , digital, little analog , vlsi ( verilog), microcontrollers and c programming

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare well on your basics
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Oct 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

40 aptitude qns and some mcqs on basic programming

Round 2 - Technical 

(4 Questions)

  • Q1. I was asked to write two sum, palindrome function and merge sort code in whatever language I'm comfortable in
  • Q2. Two sum- return true or false
  • Ans. 

    Given an array of integers, determine if there are two numbers that add up to a specific target.

    • Iterate through the array and store each element in a hash set.

    • For each element, check if the difference between the target and the element exists in the hash set.

    • If the difference exists, return true; otherwise, continue iterating.

    • Example: nums = [2, 7, 11, 15], target = 9. The function should return true as 2 + 7 = 9.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. Merge sort function code
  • Q4. Palindromic string or not

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
-
Result
-

I applied via Referral and was interviewed in Apr 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Simple FSM given similar to mux and asked for testcases and assertions.
  • Q2. Coverage to write transitions of states.
  • Ans. 

    Coverage-driven verification techniques are used to ensure all possible state transitions are exercised.

    • Coverage metrics like state, transition, and toggle coverage can be used to track the completeness of state transitions.

    • Writing directed tests to cover specific state transitions can help achieve higher coverage.

    • Random stimulus generation can also be used to explore different state transitions.

    • Functional coverage can...

  • Answered by AI

Intel Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Intel Physical Design Engineer Trainee interview?
Intel interview process usually has 2 rounds. The most common rounds in the Intel interview process are Aptitude Test and One-on-one Round.
What are the top questions asked in Intel Physical Design Engineer Trainee interview?

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