I applied through university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Altera (Toronto, ON) in Feb 2013
Interview
I was contacted by email for an in person interview. The interview was two consecutive sessions and took 1.5 hours in total. They told me that they will notify me for another phone interview and the final on the site interview. The questions were straightforward.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
The first question was to separate valid words in a string given a dictionary.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Altera (San Jose, CA) in Mar 2016
Interview
I applied through an employee referral. The manager called me to schedule an onsite interview. I was interviewed by four people one by one. They asked about the projects included in your resume and some related technical questions. It lasted about three hours.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Altera (San Jose, CA) in Mar 2016
Interview
Several phone interviews, followed by an on-site interview. On-site was mainly 1-on-1s and lasted about 6 hrs. Phone interview were less technical but the on-site was exclusively technical. Interviewers came with pre-prepared questions based on job's needs
I applied through university. I interviewed at Altera
Interview
The first round of interview had two sessions: hardware and software. Generally, there are 3-4 rounds of interviews before the final offer is made. Hardware questions dealt with basic digital design concepts (timing, design of counters). Software questions dealt with algorithms.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Design of a Gray counter, Setup and Hold time violation conditions in a circuit given.
