I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Xilinx
Interview
It was the relaxed interview I have ever attended in my life. The entire team make us comfortable which helped in boosting confidence and helped remove unwanted feare. Give us time to think and answer questions. I felt like a general discussion.
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Xilinx (Kharagpur, West Bengal)
Interview
I was interviewed on campus at IIT Kharagpur when Xilinx came for campus fair. I was asked about basic VHDL code for ring counter, couple of C++ questions and also tested some scripting knowledge
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I attended for CAD Engineer profile and I thought it would more software oriented but then I was asked to code ring counter in VHDL which surprised me. Later in the job role I understood that CAD Engineer should also have good understanding in Electronics if not expert like
CAD Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Xilinx with 2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 63.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for CAD Engineer roles take an average of 1 day to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Xilinx overall takes an average of 17 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Xilinx as a CAD Engineer according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:
Other: 50%
One on one interview: 50%
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