Tessolve Semiconductor Verification Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

Round: Test
Total Questions: 15

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Panel discussed questions attempted incorrectly or not attempted. Topics asked separately: RAM, MOSFET, Memory, Interrupts, FIFO etc.Few puzzles were also asked.

General Tips: Topics that should be covered: Digital Electronics, Microprocessors, Basic Electronics, K Map and FSM questions.
Skills:
College Name: BIT MESRA

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: Resume is not given any due importance in selection for further rounds . But honesty is very important as it counts once you are selected for HR round .
Tips: Try to be one hundred percent honest . And put your projects and course work in the beginning. They don't care your POR s and extra curricular activities.

Round: Test
Experience: Hardware - Questions are mainly from ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS (RLC ckts) , Analog ckts. Amplifiers , Opamps , digital system design . Aptitude section is very easy . Hardware section is tough .I felt Signal processing was easier , indeed I got selected for that profile .
Tips: Prepare thoroughly these courses :- EMC , DIGITAL SYSTEMS, NETWORKS AND SYSTEMS,ANALOG & DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING , ANALOG CKTS COURSES .THAT SHOULD BE ENOUGH .
Duration: 90 - Signal Processing minutes
Total Questions: 120 - Hardware and aptitude

Round: Group Discussion
Experience: No
Tips: No

Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras

Round: Test
Experience: Questions based on O.S., compiler, DS, and C. The questions were basic, testing normal knowledge.
Total Questions: 20-25

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: It was a 20-minute round. Apart from the questions mentioned, one puzzle regarding number of rectangles on a chessboard was given.
Tips: Over all preparation in C, DSP course, OS and course in networking helps.

Round: HR Interview
Tips: Know about the company, PPT and website.

College Name: IIT KANPUR

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: The interview was completely technical which I was not prepared for. But, later I interviewed with Samsung and got selected.

College Name: IIT KANPUR

Round: Test
Experience: aptitude was as usual.
Technical was tough. lots of concepts were revisited. Digital systems, analog circuits, Computer Oraganization etc.
Tips: For aptitude general prep for placements is enough.
If you want to get seriously placed for Qualcomm then you must be thorough with all the courses i mentioned.
Only Mtechs have cleared the test. Even in the extended shortlist there were no Btechs. Everyone may not be lucky as myself in getting a Walk-in interview.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Basic questions on Digital Systems. Some aptitude questions.
General questions about interests and future goals.
Tips: Questions were easy if u have prepared even a little bit.
Get shortlisted for interview and then it must be easy to crack.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: Maybe i was already hired, as no questions were asked. She actually gave me an idea of how the work is going to be in Qualcomm Chennai.
Tips: Just clear the test and tech interview and you most likely will get the job.

General Tips: Prepare well and be cool during the interviews.
Skills: Digital Systems
College Name: IIT MADRAS
Motivation: Its core and a well established MNC with lots of future possibilities.

Round: Test
Experience: a) Logical Reasoning Section
b) C programming Section
c) Technical Section ( Analog / Digital / Basics of Semi-conductor )
Tips: The Logical questions are similar to ones asked in CAT . You can easily find such questions on internet .

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Technical Interview 1 : In this interview I was asked about Pspice and NgSpice , Two port Networks , Op-amps (Basically Linear Integrated Circuits) , Circuit Theory (Basics of RC circuits ) . Projects Written in my resume were also covered at great length . 3. Technical Interview 2 : This interview covered my knowledge on VLSI and digital system designs . However it also include some basics of data structures (especially Linked List ).
Tips: 1. Analog Electronics , Linear Integrated Circuits , Circuit Theory , Digital System Designs and VLSI. A Strong basic knowledge of these topics is required . Books Referred by ECE dept. on these topics are sufficient . Some basic numerical on Semiconductors were also asked in online test . So just go through them also.
2. For C Programming Section , LET US C is sufficient . For more practice u can find C APTI questions on internet . Make sure u have knowledge of Data Structure as well .

Round: HR Interview
Experience: Is the most interesting of all .However its again a formality to ensure i am truly invested in working for company.

General Tips: 1. Luck is an important factor in Placement . But its in your hand how you proceed in your interview . Try to always converge the whole essence of interview to your strong Topic / Point .
2. Make sure your basics are strong . They will try to put you in a situation from where the way out is only through your basics . Interviewer will always look at how you come out stress condition .
3. Don't get nervous . Always keep your attitude up but don't be arrogant .
Fun - Challenging . Interviewer were really kind . HR round was really interesting . Overall amazing day for me
Skills:
College Name: NIT Surathkal

Round: Test
Experience: All questions had equal weightage and no negative marking. It was of MCQ pattern.
Duration: 90 minutes

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: 3 technical rounds occoured. a) 45 minutes duration.b) First round was on general aptitude where they asked some puzzles.c) 2nd and 3rd were technical where they asked about projects mentioned in resume.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: It was mostly to inform that I got the offer.
Tips: Knowledge from the minor advance topics in VLSI is tested.

Skill Tips: The questions were asked only based on projects highlighted in my resumeand questions were easy.
College Name: IIT MADRAS

Round: Test
Experience: Questions asked from core in CAT formatI prepared for test by focussing on topics:
1.Digital Circuits
2.Digital IC designs
3.C programming
Duration: 120 minutes

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: There were two Technical interview.during the course of each interview, you will have to solve a lot of digital circuit design problems.
1st Interview(Extremely localized and in depth)
1.Verilog (design of sequential circuits)
2.FSM Design(Sequence detection and coding it in verilog)
3.Digital circuit topologies(Design choices made on the basis of topologies)
4.Digital circuit Design(problem solving)
5.Timing Analysis(cause of violation and rectification)
2nd Interview(very diverse set of topics)
1.Verilog state machines(very detailed)
2.Digital verification
3.Quantum Physics(minor)(poisson bracket(commutability and eigen basics))
4.Control systems(phase and gain margins)
5.Communication systems (SNR and modulation techniques)

Round: HR Interview
Experience: Questions were asked from work location preference
Tips: Mainly questions are asked from work location preference so you have to clear about work location preferences

General Tips: Keeping in touch with see programming helps a lot.
Learning Data structure and algorithms seems to give you an edge.
Skill Tips: Reading alone will not help.you need to solve problems on these topics
Skills: Digital IC Design, CAD for VLSI, Computer Architecture
College Name: IIT MADRAS