Cadence Design Systems Software Engineer interview experience

First, I had an introductory conversation where they explained the role and asked basic questions about my background. After that, the plan was clear: I would have an HR round and a take-home exercise.

I completed the take-home work, but I never heard back. I followed up by email and ended up getting ghosted for weeks, with no real updates on whether I’d moved forward. That uncertainty created a lot of stress, especially because the process didn’t feel transparent.

Separately, I also saw how unsettling it could feel when a process dragged on and didn’t match expectations—there were