Texas Instruments 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: Test
Experience: Questions were from digital Electronics which included realization of counters using JK FF,Sequence detector,Boolean expression reduction,One shot and drawing waveforms of some digital circuits.Questions were also their from pipelinig,finding out MIPS,power consumption of two processors,Small signal analysis of MOSFETs,Buffer using CMOS ,finding out the type of filter given block diagram(control theory).Questions were easy and required step by step realization.
Tips: Prepare digital Electronics very well as it has 50% weightage in paper. Pipelinig is important. Some basics concepts of CMOS is very necessary.
Duration: 1hr 15 min minute
Total Questions: 12

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: First they asked to introduce yourself.
Then they asked about projects & Internship.
STA,EEPROM,EPROM,DRAM,SRAM,CACHE Memory,Pipelining,DMA was asked in depth.
Difference between clock skew and Jitter.
Asked whether I know any Hardware Languages.
XOR gate using 2:1 MUX.
Gave a waveform,had to realize using DFF and considering the delay.
Tips: Study STA very well.
Questions will be asked in depth from any topic.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: Family Background
Why NXP
Hobbies


Skill Tips: Study Digital Electronics very well
Skills: Analog Electronics, Microprocessor, Vlsi Basics, Digital Circuits
College Name: BIT Mesra

Round: Test
Experience: A written test with Core - Essay Type Questions.
Tips: Revise previous core VLSI courses (Digital Circuits, Digital IC Design, Analog Circuits, and Solid State Devices).
Duration: 60 minutes

Round: Interview
Experience: 3 rounds of interviews (15-20 minutes each)Basic digital concepts, ability to analyze a given circuit
Tips: Be thorough with your basic electronics conceptsPerformance in the technical interview counts a lotAnalog devices didn't need any particular course or project, they mainly look for strong basics in digital/analog circuit theory, and ability to analyzeRevise all of your core courses, starting from the basics

Round: Interview
Experience: For the HR round, questions about your background, family, interests etc. are asked

General Tips: Learn to keep cool, even under stress, and have confidence on your knowledge
College Name: IIT Madras

Round: Test
Duration: 60 minutes

Round: HR Interview
Experience: No prep required for HR round, asked few personal questions (about your background, family, interests etc.)

General Tips: Revise all of your core courses, starting from the basics. Junta usually stumble when asked questions from basic fundaes.
I felt a lot of stress before my first interview, which affected my performance badly. Learn to keep cool, and have confidence on your knowledge.
Skill Tips: You should have ability to analyse a given circuit
Skills: Digital electronics basics,
College Name: IIT MADRAS

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I was unable to solve the problem properly but after that he gave me a normal k map to solve.

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Asked about inverter and delay dependency on temperature and other parameters

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: I managed to answer most of the answer that i did wrong since i had discussed it with my friends after coming from college.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: provided answers that relates company requirements

Round: HR Interview
Experience: Listened carefully about their job description and work environment

College Name: IIT Madras

Round: Test
Experience: Questions were from Digital Electronics,Microprocessors and some from CMOS.
50% Digital Electronics.
1 X Output waveform drawing from circuit of FFs & gates
1 X Realize inverter from given two blocks
1 X CMOS implementation of gates
1 X Realize digital circuit for given waveform
1 X MIPS & Pipelining
1 X Processors power Dissipation calculation
1 X Small Signal analysis of CMOS
1 X Compare two given buffers circuits(CMOS)
1 X Transfer function calculation(Control Theory)
1 X Counter using JK FF
1 X Sequence Detector

Tips: Study digital electronics very well.

Duration: 1 hr 45 min minute
Total Questions: 12

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Indroduction
Projects & Internship
Discussions in DEPTH on:
Pipelining
STA
MIPS
Memory(flash memory,DRAM,SRAM)
CACHE Memory
DMA
Digital circuit realization for given waveform
XOR Gate using 2:1 MUX
Tips: Prepare Digital electronics and Microprocessors very well.Sta is very important.Panel will go deep into the topics to check ur technical knowledge.
TIPS: Be confident and your opinion should be strong.Stand by what you say.Do not get confused.And when panel asks to solve any digital circuits, speak loud what is in your mind and what approach you are using.Be honest.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: Family Background
Why Freescale


Skills: Static Timing Analysis (STA), Memory, CMOS Circuits, Microprocessor, Digital Circuits
College Name: BIT Mesra
Motivation: I had interest in core electronics

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Revise Computer Architecture and Verilog for interview process

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare for best and expect the worst in terms of interview experience. HR management is worst and they'll keep finding replacements of yours even after selecting. So you should also have plan B incase your candidature gets rejected. I declined the offer and joined another company.