I applied through university. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Altera (San Jose, CA) in May 2015
Interview
The HR Recruiting made a 30 minute phone call to assess my goals and my technical background. Later we had a 1:1 Interview which it was a mix of simple technical questions and behavioral questions including ambitions in life and in the professional career.
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Mostly behavioral questions including passions, life goals, and long-term plans
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Altera (San Jose, CA) in Dec 2016
Interview
First phone screen-30min Onsite - 5 rounds Interview was moderate to difficult. The interviewers were friendly and the interview was not easy. The concepts should be very clear to answer all the questions.
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Question 1
Asked about designing 4:1 mux using 2:1 mux and write verilog code,c program for swapping 2 variables without using a temp register, how the bidirectional pin would behave , frequency divider circuit,mestability,blocking and non blocking statements ,difference between dram and sram,diff between == and === in verilog,why gate level program is not written,finite state machine for a wending machine and writing the verilog code for it,questions related to sram project,clock domains in which the fifo would be working. Asked a whole lot of questions related to phase locked loops,ring oscillators and MIPS Project.
I applied through university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Altera (San Jose, CA)
Interview
NIce. They were very friendly. It started with a phone screening with HR, then phone interview with manager, finally an interview in person that lasted most of the day.
It took three steps, and about a month in total.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Digital Logic questions, how to multiply/divide in binary, count to 10 in binary
