Difficult Interview – Overall Positive Experience – Yes, and I accepted – Thu, 30 Nov 2017
Interviewed Oct 2,017 in Austin, TX (took 60 days)
Intern position, not full-time. Gave resume on univerisity Apple company day event. Arranged a campus interview later that week. Had a onsite with four interviews roughly a monthly latter. Got feedback about 2 weeks after the onsite, and got the offer about another 2 weeks later.
The interviews are both tough for master level both in breath and depth, but the interviewers are friendly and patient. I should say I actually learned a lot through the interviews. Very enjoyable experience.
Interview Questions
Past experience/ resume discussion.
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VLSI problems. For example, how to fix timing violations, difference in choosing metal layers, what are the sources of variance. Spend a lot time on low-power design-related topic, such as power gating.
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The general physcial design flow and related problems, eg. how to deal with congestion, what to do if timing is not met after the routing and ECO, which step in back-end design do you think is the most difficult one.
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Simple programming questions. Just make sure you can code in a basic level.
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Other Details
The interview consisted of 1:1 Interview