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      Physical Synthesis CAD Engineer Interview

      Jun 4, 2017
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Cupertino, CA
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Apple (Cupertino, CA) in Apr 2017

      Interview

      HR interview over the phone. Then Hiring manager contacted and had a technical phone interview for 1 hour. After a couple of days another technical phone interview with another member from the team for 1 hour. Then was called for onsite interview with 8 panel members each was a 45 minute 1:1 interview.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      STA, Synthesis Flow, Verilog code for divide by 3 clock, basic data structures, placement routing algorithms, Transistor models, equations of current in saturation mode, low power techniques, some behavioral questions.
      1 Answer