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Updated 10 Jan 2025

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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 .

Design & Verification Engineer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. 1. XOR gate 2. How you compare two 4 bit numbers only using gates. 3. How to rotate the bits and what happens if you rotate 5 times etc like that
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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Cocubes online aptitude test with some questions on electronics

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Given a number write it in words
  • Ans. 

    Convert a number into words

    • Break the number into groups of three digits

    • Convert each group into words using a lookup table

    • Combine the words with appropriate magnitude (thousand, million, billion, etc.)

  • Answered by AI
Round 3 - Behavioral 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Views on AI and overall discussion on that

Technical Engineer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. The hydraulic steering device of a dish antenna for satellite tracking works by adjusting the elevation using a hydraulic ram. Oil can be pumped into the ram to raise the elevation. The hydraulic seals leak pressure very slowly such that ad... read more
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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

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

Round 1 - Technical 

(5 Questions)

  • Q1. Focus on Basics of Digital electronics,verilog SV and UVM will be an advantage.Reasoning questions also plays a crucial role.Realizations of gates using and NAND and NOR gate,Realization of gates using mu...
  • Q2. Don't forget look your projects mentioned in your resume,They will directky ask you to write code,Ask lot of questions on projects,Communication skills willbe added advantage.
  • Q3. Reasonig questions:-9 ball's weight checking,horses question,a pond of flowers on which day they full if half fill in 10 days,3L 5L required water 4L,4 pin OTP generation probability with unique numbers,go...
  • Q4. Don't forget take a look on ypur projects whatever you mentioned in your resume everything matters,Basics of digital electronics,sv and UVM,More focus on practising coding,outputs for snippets plays a cruc...
  • Q5. One personal advantage for MNC's refferals matters alot,better to ask anyone in linkdin to reffer you.

Applications Engineer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Missing NumberYou are given an array/list ‘BINARYNUMS’ that consists of ‘N’ distinct strings which represent all integers from 0 to N in binary representation except one integer. This integer between 0 to ‘N’ whose binary representation is ... read more
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Design Engineer Interview Questions & Answers

user image anmol agarwal

posted on 3 Dec 2024

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Write code of frequency divider
  • Q2. Difference between latch & flip flop

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare well

Design Engineer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Stress Strain curve, What will happen if you use petrol in diesel engine and Diesel in petrol engone.
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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

General aptitude questions

Round 2 - Coding Test 

Problem solving, solved 2 out of 3 questions

Round 3 - Group Discussion 

General topics were given in gd

Round 4 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Programming concepts
  • Q2. Projects and coding round questions solved

Software Developer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Maximum Subarray SumGiven an array of numbers, find the maximum sum of any contiguous subarray of the array. For example, given the array [34, -50, 42, 14, -5, 86], the maximum sum would be 137, since we would take elements 42, 14, -5, and ... read more
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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Aug 2024. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Aotitude,core que on all subjects in ece

Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE
  • Ans. 

    I completed a 6-month internship at XYZ Company where I gained hands-on experience in physical design tools and methodologies.

    • Worked on floorplanning, placement, and routing of digital designs

    • Utilized tools such as Cadence Innovus and Synopsys ICC

    • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to optimize design performance

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. ON DSD,VLSI,ANALOG ELECTRONICS
Round 3 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. APTITUDE,MATH,VLSI,DSD
  • Q2. VLSI (HARD QUESTION BASED ON INDUSTRY LEVEL LIKE ON CIRCUIT HE GIVES ONE SCENARIO U HAVE TO ANSWER IT)

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - LEARN BASICS WELL

Physical Design Engineer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. What are the conditions for an RC circuit to work as an integrator/differentiator Can you derive it with this circuit
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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Asked about projects and previous company's work
  • Q2. Tree traversal with vertical order
  • Ans. 

    Tree traversal with vertical order involves traversing a binary tree in a top-to-bottom order for each vertical column.

    • Use a hashmap to store nodes at each vertical level

    • Perform a level order traversal and update the hashmap with nodes at each vertical level

    • Sort the keys of the hashmap to get the nodes in vertical order

  • Answered by AI
Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Design a phonebook app
  • Ans. 

    Phonebook app for storing and organizing contacts

    • Allow users to add, edit, and delete contacts

    • Include search functionality for easy access to contacts

    • Implement sorting options by name, phone number, etc.

    • Provide option to categorize contacts into groups or favorites

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Ant puzzle, Flipping coin puzzle

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Q1. Tree traversal with vertical order
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user image Jashan Jain

posted on 2 Mar 2022

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. General behavioral and situational questions about team members
Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Identify if the number is positive, negative or zero
  • Ans. 

    Identify if a number is positive, negative, or zero

    • Check if the number is greater than 0 to determine if it is positive

    • Check if the number is less than 0 to determine if it is negative

    • If the number is neither greater nor less than 0, it is zero

  • Answered by AI

Top Synopsys Software Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. you will be given dimensions of a bigger rectangle and smaller rectangle,derive a formula to get how many smaller rectangles fit into the bigger rectangle
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Software Engineer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Bridge and torch problem : Four people come to a river in the night. There is a narrow bridge, but it can only hold two people at a time. They have one torch and, because it's night, the torch has to be used when crossing the bridge. Person... read more
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R&D Engineer Interview Questions & Answers

user image Anonymous

posted on 29 Aug 2024

Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via campus placement at National Institute of Technology (NIT), Kurukshetra and was interviewed in Jul 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Basic questions on oops and dsa pointers

Round 2 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Coding questions
  • Q2. String Question

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - prepare for basic concepts in c language.
analytics aptitude and fundamental of electronics.

Top Synopsys R&D Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. Algorithm to find GCD
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R&D Engineer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. give some ideal characteristics of opamp. what is CMRR. what is the practical significance of CMRR. why the input impedance must be large. what is impedance matching, why it has to be done. what is MPTT and its advantages. explain about D-A... read more
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Synopsys Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Synopsys interview?
Synopsys interview process usually has 2-3 rounds. The most common rounds in the Synopsys interview process are Technical, Aptitude Test and Resume Shortlist.
How to prepare for Synopsys 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 Synopsys. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at Synopsys expect are Python, Perl, Chip Design, Debugging and ASIC.
What are the top questions asked in Synopsys interview?

Some of the top questions asked at the Synopsys interview -

  1. 1. What is Cryptography? Cryptography is the practice and study of techniques ...read more
  2. you will be given dimensions of a bigger rectangle and smaller rectangle,derive...read more
  3. what will be the new coordinates of a rectangle points if rectangle length and ...read more
How long is the Synopsys interview process?

The duration of Synopsys interview process can vary, but typically it takes about less than 2 weeks to complete.

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