CCadence Design Systems·Software Engineer

Cadence Design Systems Software Engineer interview experience

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BrazilPosted Jan 2024 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My interview journey centered on problem-solving with a graph-heavy slant.

After the initial outreach, the process moved into technical discussions where I was asked about how a code sample would behave and then about algorithms to solve non-trivial programming problems. A lot of the attention was on graphs, which made the whole experience feel more like an applied CS test than a casual coding chat.

In the sessions I had, I also ended up getting pulled into questions about core computer science topics—graphs showed up as a recurring focus, and I was expected to connect reasoning to the approach rather than just name a technique. At points, it felt like they were

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