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- Cadence of studying/prepping for interviews when not actively looking? Ever since my last job search, I realized that studying isn’t something you do in a few weeks before an interview (at least not for me). I decided that I should just make it a weekly or monthly routine of doing a pulse check on myself to LC or review stuff. Curious for those who aren’t actively loo
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- Intel Austin Offer Design Verification Grade 8 Base: $185k RSU: $200K/4yr Sign on: $35k YOE: 8 Current TC: $215k #hardware #interview #intel #cadence
- [India] Semiconductor Engineers CTC Hey guys I have been finding CTC breakdown mostly people outside India, let's use this thread and share our CTC. YOE-5.5 CTC-24 Base + 2.2 lakh bonus + 14k$ vested over 4 years #hardware #interview #semiconductor #india #cadence #cadencecompensation #intel #qualcomm #qualcommsalary #nvidia #n
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- TikTok Interviews I’m currently interviewing at TikTok and am a little unclear on the cadence of interviews. I was told there would be 4 rounds. After each interview I was told the feedback was good and I’m moving to the next round. My question is, do you have 4 interviews no matter what or do you have to pass one
- ASIC PD CAD Google India Hello guys, I have an ASIC PD CAD interview coming up this week. All rounds on same day. What kind of questions i can expect specifically (more on physical design or coding/file processing?) . I am into cadence SKILL pcell creation and layout automation (.oa). Are they specific about any language ?
- TC for Lead Application engineer @Cadence Looking to switch to an EDA company. Currently interviewing at Cadence, Ansys and Mentor for Lead/Principle application engineer. What would be the base salary and TC for these positions at an eda company?
- [AMA] Hiring manager - performance/digital marketing in Tech Hi all, I've been a hiring manager for the past few years, and work in Big Tech (apple, facebook, eBay, now Indeed) for all my career. I see lots of threads here on "how to break into tech". Ask me anything. I'll try to share both hiring manager perspective, and my own career/interviewing learnings
- vote WLB, Pros/cons of joining Apple SEG CAD Expecting an offer from SEG CAD group in San Diego. No numbers from recruiter yet, but he said interview feedback is very positive and will discuss compensation next. How is the WLB and work culture in Apple CAD in SEG generally speaking? Do you generally have to work on the weekends? Currently I
- Emulation Engineering Prep Hello fellow blinders, I have been in conversation with a Synopsys recruited for a FPGA/Emulation AE position. Any inputs on what to prep for the interview. I currently work on building subsystem models for emulation usage and have experience developing validation environment for emulation. #emu
- Looking for Senior (L5/E5) Referral Have 5.5 years of experience working in Microsoft, Adobe and Rubrik. Have done 700+ LC , done both grokking system design modules (generic and advance) and completed DDIA multiple times. Starting to interview. Will send you the resume in personal DM. #citrix #picsart #humaninterest #blueacorn #pan
- Cadence Portland Vs San Jose Just had an interview and felt I did well. Expecting to hear back soon. What is a competitive TC (base + stock) for Application Engineer in Physical Design for Cadence (Portland, Oregon vs San Jose) YOE: 3.5 yrs Role : Physical Design Engineer at Intel Hillsboro
- T9 and T10 compensation Sanjose location What is the base, bonus and RSU for T9 and T10 level at mentor graphics/siemens for San Jose and Austin location? Role: Product Management HW technical TC:280k #cadence #cadencecompensation #cadencedesignsystems #synopsys #synopsysinc #mentorgraphics #siemens #siemenscompensation #hardware #semic
- link I'm pretty sure I was interviewed by an automated AI during my Google virtual onsite All of my interviewers were on video except one, who insisting on calling me directly. He spoke with the same cadence as one of those automated phone systems that have the fake typing noises, pauses before responses and all. Is it possible that a Google home was running the interview? TC 250K #te
- Promotion cadence at Amazon Joining as a L5 tpm as I couldn't crack the L6 interview. What is usually the cadence for promo at Amazon? What are some factors that are particular at Amazon that will help me get to L6 soon? Also, are there yearly refreshers in Amazon during review cycles?
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- vote SpaceX offer evaluation Please help me guys!!!!!! Electronics Engineer 2 TC: 146K Base: 113K Stocks: 33K yearly Sign in bonus 7k only first year Location: Southern California. Master + 4 YOE + super great interview How much should I ask for? I am waiting the numbers from 3 other offers from Amazon, Cadence and Qualcom
- Not getting good offer even after clearing tech rounds india dv profile I am very much frustrated now, gave interview to intel, samsung, cadence, micron , mediatek, few startup and cleared tech round everywhere , I am expecting 60-70 lacs tc , got offer from all but nowhere near to my expectations. QCOM not getting call Gave interview to amd but completely different t
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- Evaluating Jio offer Hello everyone, I would really appreciate advice from the blind community for taking decision on the offer My current yoe: 2 TC: 16.8 Jio offer: Role : SDE in CoE Al/ML team TC offered : 24 Location: Bangalore Given that the tech stack at Mathworks won’t be of any value to any other companies, I
- Cool-off policies of companies Hello, I was trying to find posts on cool off period policies but didn’t find any post where there is info on major companies (especially the ones hiring for HW roles). Felt this will be a good place to have all the info in one post. Please post any info you have related to cool off period for comp
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