I applied through university. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at AMD (Toronto, ON) in Nov 2015
Interview
Applied through university career portal. Got interview two days after application.
One IQ and Graphics Test in the morning.
Brief Intro about the Team and themselves.
Tell all the things I know about CMOS.
Open-ended Questions: How to solve the traffic jam on Highway in Toronto?
What's voltage on the fourth terminal of cmos?
No reply at all after two weeks.
Process started with a phone screen, followed by a on site interview and then discussions with HR executive.
Phone screen was average and explained the role and requirements.
On site interview was tough as they look for all the basics for the role.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe the process for design of a new architecture and the refinement process
I applied through university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at AMD (Toronto, ON) in Oct 2015
Interview
Begins with technical questions followed by behavioral question. There was also a part where they showed you what the layout team does and what goes on in a day to day setting. Overall amazing interview experience, just be prepared and know all CMOS DIGITAL configuration. And study electronic CMOS, know the characteristic curves. And be able to draw. They will give you paper and expect you to draw. Also Autocad experience is a bonus.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Draw a inverter in logic form and in CMOS configuration. And explain the physics behind it.
