Design Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Texas Instruments with 3.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 62% positive. To compare, the company-average is 72% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Design Engineer roles take an average of 23 days to get hired, when considering 51 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Texas Instruments overall takes an average of 24 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Texas Instruments as a Design Engineer according to 51 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 22%
Phone interview: 20%
Group panel interview: 14%
Presentation: 13%
Skills test: 10%
Background check: 9%
Personality test: 4%
Other: 3%
Drug test: 3%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
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I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Texas Instruments in Sep 2017
Interview
I applied online before attending my school's career fair and talking to TI. I was then offered a next day interview. The interview was 30 minutes, and I expected it to be purely behavioral. Unfortunately after a few generic behavioral questions, my interviewer (a senior design engineer) pulled out pen and paper and grilled me on conceptual circuit questions (op-amps, inverters, an infinite lattice of resistors, transistors and diodes). He wasn't at all sympathetic if I didn't remember something from my classes, or if I hadn't learned something in class (like transistor circuits). I think whether or not technical questions are asked on the first interview is up to the interviewer, and they all seemed to be off the top of his head. He basically told me at the end that I'm unqualified and good luck in the future. TI also doesn't email you to tell you if you've been rejected.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
What is the generalized impedance of an infinite lattice of resistors?
i did the technical interview for 1h with two senior engineers using webex for the analog design engineer role and had to annotate using the mouse so it was uncomfortable
TI Design Engineer interviews cover analog/digital fundamentals, op-amps, STA, Verilog, CMOS, memory, and embedded C. Expect problem-solving, project presentation, and behavioral questions testing depth, reasoning, and technical clarity. Other than that it was basics.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explain the working of a folded cascode op-amp and analyze its noise performance.
Excellent experience being interviewed by TI. This was back in 2007-08. TI was my first ever job and I had the most fantastic experience of my life working for them