I applied in-person. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Xilinx in Mar 2012
Interview
The process was very smooth. 2 telephonic interview, then a 4 hour long in person interview with the team, principle engineers and director. One in person interview with HR and then lunch with one of the team members.
The offer was made after about a week and a half.
Plus points:
+ Friendly and smart people
+ Office is very nice and work culture seems relatively relaxed
+ At the forefront of innovation
+ Top player in the FPGA industry with a lot of history
Negatives:
- Concerns have been expressed about the senior management and them playing a game of numbers
- Have closed several satellite offices in recent years and still seem to be in the 'transition' phase
- The HR and admin people don't seem very competent. They don't answer questions fast enough, and it takes weeks to move the paperwork around (I'm still waiting for my travel refund!)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Couple of hardware technical questions, mostly talked about my projects, research and past experiences.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Xilinx (Edinburgh, Scotland)
Interview
I attended a approx. 2 hour zoom interview. There was a panel of 4 who asked questions during a presentation I had prepared, this was followed by a series of questions from a prepared document, mainly about C code and Linux.
I waited 2 weeks for a decision and received no feedback despite asking, twice.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Xilinx (San Jose, CA) in Jun 2021
Interview
The interview consisted of two rounds; An introductory round with the hiring manager and a principal software developer. The second round was a string of interviews with the team members, the hiring manager and the VP of design tools.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Data structures and algorithms (Trees, Graphs, DFS, BFS), C++, Object oriented design and Cryptography
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Xilinx (San Jose, CA) in Apr 2021
Interview
There was an initial phone call with a recruiter and then a technical phone screen with a hiring manager and then actual technical interview which was done in 3 rounds of 45 min to 1 hour each. I applied online on their website
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
General leetcode easy-medium style questions related to graphs since that's what I was working on in my internship
