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PlacementHardware and VLSI

Built from 1 candidate report with 2 first-hand accounts, covering 2025-26.

Hiring process

Roles: Hardware Engineer

2025-26 · Placement

  1. 1

    Online test

    Online test: coding plus core technical
    easyeliminatory
    SectionQsTopics
    Coding (C or C++)2arrays, loops, strings, matrix
    Core technical-digital systems, VLSI design, MOS current equations, semiconductor devices, computer architecture

    arrays · strings · counters and flip-flops · multiplexers · MOS circuits · computer architecture

    Accounts disagree: one says HackerRank, 90 min, 2 coding plus about 40 core questions; the other says HirePro, 60 min, 2 coding plus about 20 core. Platform and duration left null.

  2. 2

    Technical interview

    Technical interview 1
    offline

    6T SRAM read and write · transistor sizing · setup and hold time · static timing analysis · D flip-flop transistor level · NMOS characteristics · CMOS inverter transfer curve

    Held in a classroom. 45-50 min in one account and 50-60 min in the other. Heavy VLSI focus, tied to the candidate's strongest course.

  3. 3

    Technical interview

    Technical interview 2
    offline

    VLSI course projects · IC design lab · in-memory computing · sense amplifier · logical effort · Elmore delay · activity factor and power · Python and Linux basics

    Company was hiring for a memory role, so memory-related projects drew deep questions.

  4. 4

    HR interview

    HR round
    easy

    interests and background · role and location comfort · decision making · future plans, master's

    Conversational; comfort with role and work location was the main focus.

Advice from candidates

3 pieces of advice, in their own words. Names removed.

  • Basic hands-on coding is required to qualify the test.

    test · 2025-26

  • In-depth understanding of VLSI design course.

    preparation · 2025-26

  • Study about SRAM from the book titled "CMOS VLSI Design: A Circuits and Systems Perspective"

    preparation · 2025-26

Question patterns reported

The kind of problem, not the problem itself. Our practice questions are written to match these patterns.

  • Onlinecount array values above the mean
  • Onlinestrip vowels from a string
  • Onlinerow-wise sums of a matrix, report best row
  • Technicaldraw circuit and explain operation
  • Technicalmodify inverter so output low level is non-zero