CCadence Design Systems·Software Engineer

Cadence Design Systems Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Easy

Negative

United StatesPosted Sep 2020 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I went through two rounds of technical interviews with people in the team, and the conversations were tightly connected to my PhD research and a few projects from my resume.

The feedback I received afterward was genuinely positive—at one point an interviewer told me they were impressed by my background. I felt pretty optimistic because the discussions didn’t feel like generic screening.

It took about two weeks overall, and then I waited to hear back from HR. When nothing arrived, I followed up and got the impression that the interviewers had submitted their report and even encouraged me to contact HR directly. HR finally replied a day later with a disappointing message: they said they wouldn’t proceed because they felt my profile was strong in a specific area

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