I applied through university. I interviewed at Cadence Design Systems
Interview
The interview consisted of a online test which had mcqs of aptitude, 15 questions related to signal and systems, 15 questions of C language, the next section was coding which consisted of code from sorting and mostly DATA structure related questions
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I applied through university. I interviewed at Cadence Design Systems (Bangalore Rural) in Feb 2026
Interview
It was really good interview experience and at the same time it is my first interview. They asked me in depth about filters, filter realizations and core DSP concepts. It was really a great experience. They asked me about my projects in depth which are related to filters.
I applied through university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cadence Design Systems (Bengaluru) in Nov 2015
Interview
1 hr written test, test involves writing solution of problems. Question were average level but time was very less. There were 3 sections of papres, 1. programming and software, 2. DSP Design 3. Hardware.
This followed by 2 Technical round and 1 HR round. 5 students were selected for HR round, but finally company didnt select even single candidate.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Design IIR filter, how to solve overflow issue?
given a bit vector, swap its adjacent bits eg. 1110011000 =>1101100100
sampling, and how it affects freq spectrum
