I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at AMD
Interview
First a technical screening (45 mins) followed by Full-Panel (4 interviews of 45 mins each), process took around 1 month. The team members kept me updated on the application status.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Technical Screening: Q: I was asked about basic programming questions like Leet Code (easy) but mostly based on array, hash-maps, strings and also resume discussion Full-Panel: Q: SystemVerilog constraints, fork-join, mailbox and semaphores based questions Q: Was asked to write scoreboard for a Asynchronous FIFO Q: Monitor and scoreboard code for an AXI write transaction (project based) Q: Resume based discussions Q: Some basic programming problems in language of preference
Interviewers reached out to me regarding a schedule change ahead of time and people were generally accommodating. Process was relatively quick as a contractor. Interviewers were accommodating to my time as well
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
You are playing some game on the computer and the screen just goes black and the computer shuts off. What are some initial troubleshooting steps?
Gone through 3 interview processes. First one with the team, second with the boss. Third with the other managers. The interview got re-scheduled a few times because of the unavailability of the interviewer.