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Xilinx System Design Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

Updated 28 Jan 2021

Xilinx System Design Engineer Interview Experiences

1 interview found

I appeared for an interview before Jan 2020.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Question were very basics.. as my profile is for FPGA automation via vivado so question was from FPGA ONLY.. Like what is FPGA, axi protocol, FPGA flow, Verilog, Python and many more things have been but w...

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Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in May 2022. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
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Round 2 - Aptitude Test 

Easy questions were there in round 10 . . . . . . .

Round 3 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Easy questions. . . . . . . . .
  • Q2. Everything from fundamentals.....

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Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Last Project details
  • Ans. 

    Designed and implemented a cloud-based data analytics platform for real-time monitoring of network performance.

    • Led a team of 5 engineers in developing the platform using AWS services such as EC2, S3, and Lambda functions

    • Integrated data visualization tools like Tableau for generating reports and dashboards

    • Implemented machine learning algorithms for predictive analysis of network outages

    • Collaborated with stakeholders to ...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. SV -UVM questions

I applied via Referral and was interviewed before Jan 2021. There were 5 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. Basic data structures questions from bit manipulation, trees, arrays, string
  • Q2. Questions related to previous company work.

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Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - don't try to elaborate the answer be precise and clear about your answers.
Interview experience
1
Bad
Difficulty level
Hard
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I appeared for an interview before Feb 2024.

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. NX tool test given
  • Q2. Technical round with interviewers
Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. What is VLSI design cycle ?
  • Ans. 

    VLSI design cycle is the process of creating integrated circuits by going through various stages from design to fabrication.

    • VLSI design cycle involves stages like specification, design, verification, synthesis, and fabrication.

    • It starts with defining the requirements and specifications of the integrated circuit.

    • Design phase includes logic design, circuit design, and physical design.

    • Verification ensures that the design ...

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  • Q2. FIFO Pipeline depth calculation
Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Verilog code debug question

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Do read job JD and prepare accordingly

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I appeared for an interview before Feb 2023.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Practice on hackerrank, they send hackerrank link for screening round.

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. C, os, embedded questions
Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. C, data structures,os
Round 4 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Previous jobs, salary discussion, relocation

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Practice basic, logical, coding questions for embedded interviews ex. Simple Data structures, bit manipulation etc
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Referral and was interviewed in Sep 2023. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Find the length of longest common subsequence in given strings.
  • Ans. 

    The length of the longest common subsequence in given strings is found using dynamic programming.

    • Use dynamic programming to find the length of the longest common subsequence.

    • Compare characters of the strings and build a matrix to store the lengths of common subsequences.

    • Traverse the matrix to find the length of the longest common subsequence.

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  • Q2. A basic DFS based graph question.
Round 2 - Coding Test 

Write the algorithm for topological sorting.

Round 3 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Basic system design questions.
  • Q2. Explain CAP theorem.
  • Ans. 

    CAP theorem states that in a distributed system, it is impossible to simultaneously guarantee consistency, availability, and partition tolerance.

    • Consistency: All nodes in the system have the same data at the same time.

    • Availability: Every request gets a response, even if some nodes are down.

    • Partition Tolerance: The system continues to operate despite network partitions.

    • In a distributed system, you can only achieve two o...

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Round 4 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Explain your previous projects .

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I appeared for an interview in Mar 2024.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

1. Reverse a singly linked list
2. Kadane Algorithm

Round 2 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Asked about my previous company and projects I worked on. In depth discussion on my resume. Questions on OS fundamentals.
Round 3 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. In depth discussion on the projects I previously worked on. Write code to explain race condition in OS. Few puzzles and numerical were given to test my analytical skills.
Round 4 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Final Round with Senior Manager, testing me on all parameters aptitude, tech stack, past experience and interest in the role.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare well to face any questions from your resume/cv
Prepare DSA, os fundamentals(mutex, semaphore, deadlock, memory management, etc)
Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
No response

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Mar 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Reverse the string in place I/P : "I love my India" O/P: "I evol ym aidnI"

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Questions about DDR, Memory layout of program, What is L1, L2 cache? how is memory virtualization is been done?

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be through with embedded systems concepts

Xilinx Interview FAQs

How to prepare for Xilinx System Design Engineer 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 Xilinx. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at Xilinx expect are Xilinx, FPGA, Python, SOC and PCIE.

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