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Synopsys R D Engineer II interview questions

based on 12 ratings - Updated Feb 17, 2026

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R & D Engineer II Interview

Jan 1, 2019

Anonymous employee

Accepted offer

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Application

I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Synopsys (Hsinchu) in Nov 2016

Interview

The interview was in friendly atmosphere. I was asked about my latest projects, the most challenged debugging project and where I had the most experience. Also they asked me about my salary and benefits expectations from Synopsys. There were a lot of technical questions from the easiest one to the very difficult.

Interview questions [1]

Question 1

Typical C stuff. Pointers, etc.

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R&D Engineer II Interview

Feb 26, 2016

Anonymous employee

Accepted offer

Positive experience

Easy interview

Application

I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Synopsys (Eriwan, ) in Jul 2013

Interview

It was 1-4 + referral. Questions was very easy. They asked about Qt4(MOC, few classes), asked implement BST, and asked what is and how to implement a Hash table, asked what is a hash table.

Interview questions [5]

Question 1

What is MOC?

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Question 2

How MOC works?

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Question 3

War are signals and slots?

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Question 4

Why signals does not have body?

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Question 5

Implement a binary tree

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R&D Engineer II Interview

Jan 17, 2016

Anonymous employee

Accepted offer

Positive experience

Average interview

Application

I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Synopsys (Eriwan, ) in Jul 2012

Interview

I've been asked many practical questions during my interview process. Deep C++ knowledge has been required, also I've been asked to solve some logical problems. Data structures' complexity have been asked. It was very interesting during interview process, because I've learned also some things which I didn't know.

Interview questions [1]

Question 1

What I've done in the previous company.

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R & D Engineer II Interview

Jan 1, 2019

Anonymous employee

Accepted offer

Positive experience

Average interview

Application

I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Synopsys (Hsinchu) in Nov 2016

Interview

Interview questions [1]

Question 1

Typical C stuff. Pointers, etc.

Answer question

R&D Engineer II Interview

Feb 26, 2016

Anonymous employee

Accepted offer

Positive experience

Easy interview

Application

I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Synopsys (Eriwan, ) in Jul 2013

Interview

It was 1-4 + referral. Questions was very easy. They asked about Qt4(MOC, few classes), asked implement BST, and asked what is and how to implement a Hash table, asked what is a hash table.

Interview questions [5]

Question 1

What is MOC?

Answer question

Question 2

How MOC works?

Answer question

Question 3

War are signals and slots?

Answer question

Question 4

Why signals does not have body?

Answer question

Question 5

Implement a binary tree

Answer question

R&D Engineer II Interview

Jan 17, 2016

Anonymous employee

Accepted offer

Positive experience

Average interview

Application

I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Synopsys (Eriwan, ) in Jul 2012

Interview

Interview questions [1]

Question 1

What I've done in the previous company.

Answer question

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