Cadence Design Systems Software Engineer interview experience

The first technical discussion felt straightforward: digital and basic VLSI concepts, plus a few questions tied to what I’d built before. They also asked about whether I knew scripting languages, and the conversation naturally connected to the Cadence Virtuoso work I had done.

As the rounds went on, the questions stayed anchored in electronics basics. I covered analog and digital electronics, Verilog/SystemVerilog, and even signal and control systems topics. When they asked about specific circuit behavior, I was expected to explain it clearly rather than just name components, and my project