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Updated 20 Oct 2024

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Interview experience
5
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Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
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I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in May 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - One-on-one 

(4 Questions)

  • Q1. FSM and Rtl of sequence detector
  • Ans. 

    Sequence detector is a digital circuit that detects a specific sequence of bits in a stream of input data.

    • FSM (Finite State Machine) is commonly used to design sequence detectors.

    • RTL (Register Transfer Level) describes the behavior of digital circuits using registers and logic gates.

    • Example: A sequence detector that detects '1010' in a stream of binary data.

    • Example: FSM states for this detector could be S0, S1, S2, S3

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Sv oops, virtual function, polymorphism
  • Q3. Testbench structure, functions of agent, sequencer, sequence, driver etc
  • Q4. Factory and factory override

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

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

Round 1 - Coding Test 

C++ on leetcode programming

Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Cpu branch predictor
  • Q2. Cpu cache protocol
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. How would you verify a last level cache?
  • Ans. 

    Verify last level cache by running stress tests, analyzing cache hit/miss rates, and comparing performance metrics.

    • Run stress tests to simulate high load scenarios and observe cache behavior

    • Analyze cache hit/miss rates to ensure data is being efficiently stored and retrieved

    • Compare performance metrics before and after cache verification to measure improvements

    • Use tools like CacheGrind or Valgrind for detailed cache ana

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Describe an important debug that you've done.
  • Ans. 

    Identifying and fixing a race condition in a multi-threaded system

    • Observed intermittent failures in test results

    • Used debugging tools like gdb and log analysis to trace the issue

    • Identified the root cause as a race condition between two threads

    • Implemented a mutex lock to resolve the issue

    • Verified the fix by running stress tests

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Practice SV, programming in C++ or Python. You should be absolutely clear about everything on your resume.

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Q1. How do you ensure no data loss happens in HW to SW communication?
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Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Technical questions related to inventory,scm and stock management

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: Experience and key skills

I was interviewed before Jul 2016.

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: Face to Face interview me
Tips: He asked me why did coming here i told this is a big company growth is here

Skills: Talking Ability

I was interviewed before Sep 2016.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. It was an online technical test. Questions were related to ME outlook, mobile device management , Networking and many more

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Grammar Round
Experience: It was a written English grammar test to analyse how grammatically sound you are.
Tips: Just revise your basic English grammar like prepositions verbs nd essay/paragraph writing

Round: COMMUNICATION SKILLS Round
Experience: In this round they ask you to speak something on the given topic or sometimes group discussion . Basically they test your vocabulary, your thought process, pronunciation, accent and above all confidence.
Tips: Be confident in whatever you speak. Remember if you get nervous you will need with your words .

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: This was an online test and it had 50 questions all objective types.
Tips: Be technically sound. You cannot Google them as these search engines are blocked

College Name: Babu Banarasi Das National Institute Of Technology And Management (BBDNITM)

I applied via Recruitment Consultant and was interviewed before Sep 2018. There were 4 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1.  overloading ,inheritance concepts,structures,pointers

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - have good understanding of basics and have expertise on any specific area.

Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. Basic Programming Questions, Data structures, SQL queries
  • Q2. This was the most simple one, they simply asked introduce yourself and fine with night shifts.

Interview Preparation Tips

General Tips: I joined HCL as a fresher and got Intervie

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. What I know and what I don't know

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: Aptitude, reasoning, logical, etc. 2 hours

Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. C and C++ - technically related stuffs
  • Q2. Communicate and fluency
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Rivos Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Rivos interview?
Rivos interview process usually has 1-2 rounds. The most common rounds in the Rivos interview process are Technical, Resume Shortlist and One-on-one Round.
How to prepare for Rivos interview?
Go through your CV in detail and study all the technologies mentioned in your CV. Prepare at least two technologies or languages in depth if you are appearing for a technical interview at Rivos. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at Rivos expect are Python, Physical Design, Silicon Validation, Social Work and Architecture.
What are the top questions asked in Rivos interview?

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  1. How would you verify a last level cac...read more
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