I applied through university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at AMD in Sept 2011
Interview
I talked to the company's recruiters at my school's career fair and handed my resume. They seemed to show interest, and a while later I got an email to schedule a phone interview.
The interview itself wasn't too bad, I asked for a more software orientated role. I got asked some simple questions about circuit logic and design (measuring current, short circuit, etc.) and some object orientated programming concepts such as polymorphism, encapsulation, and run time for different scenarios.
Also they tried to gauge my hardware level such as the datapath of an architecture, the basics of a computer (motherboard), etc.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Describe what a short circuit is, and how to tell when it occurs?
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at AMD
Interview
30 minutes of resume screening going in depth on what is on your resume and your skills, then an online assessment, then 3 rounds of a mixture of technical and behavioral (each 30 minutes).
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at AMD (Austin, TX) in Aug 2020
Interview
Applied through referrals (position is actually postdoc fellow in machine learning). Talked to the manager and then had a phone screen with a senior researcher. Answered all questions and they seemed interested, but they are way too slow and if you don't follow up, they won't get back to you at all. The senior researcher seemed nice but mentioned doesn't have enough experience in machine learning. I don't know what's the point of interviewing postdoc applicants in the machine learning area and wasting their time, if you can't even find an appropriate interviewer who has enough expertise!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Basic ML and deep learning questions (regularization, different types of gradient descent and their drawbacks), etc.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at AMD (Austin, TX)
Interview
The whole interview process was very smooth. The interviewer started off with the basics, with him delving deeper into the topic, every time you answer correctly. He helped me too when I got stuck, so I was able to answer most of the questions I didn't know the answers of with the hints he provided. He summed up the interview by connecting all the dots at the end, and this gave a much clearer picture of the work I am supposed to do during the intern.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Questions on Electromigration, Thermal inversion, SCMOS, Pass transistor logic, and lots of grilling on Setup,hold (which specific corner, what is supposed to be checked), how to resolve them,etc.
