Microchip Technology Software Engineer interview experience

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Santa Clara, CAPosted May 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My process followed a pretty clear pattern: after an initial screening, I went into a second round with multiple technical panels where each person focused on their slice of the work.

I ended up with four interviews, with a mix of online and in-person sessions, and each round was strongly technical and designed to push how far I really understood the material. The questions covered things like RTL/Verilog and simulation and debugging, and they also tested fundamentals tied to FPGA and timing—static timing analysis and topics like CDC and communication protocols such as UART, I2C, and SPI.

Between the rounds, there was also the resume-driven angle: they dug into my prior work and asked follow-ups connected to what I had written down. On the more software side, I got

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