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      FPGA Designer Interview

      27 Jul 2019
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Sydney
      Declined offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied through other source. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Optiver (Sydney) in Aug 2015

      Interview

      I interviewed for Sydney Australia from overseas, so personal interviews were done via Skype, including the written test. *First, a technical interview asking about what did I design with FPGAs, and general job talk, salary, etc. (with technical staff, over the phone, 2 people) *Second, an online IQ test. You have to concentrate really well, but it is doable. *Third, an intensive technical interview about FPGAs. (Technical staff interview over the phone, 2 people) Some questions: -Describe FPGA Architecture (Slices, Mux, flops, RAMs, etc.) -Clock domain crossing techniques. Reset and fan-out -Many more questions about FPGAs and Digital design in general *Since I was overseas they did not want to fly me, instead we did a written test by e-mail, then discussion via Skype (50min). Always talking about latency, pipelining, etc. In the written test you do have to write code. *HR interview. This interview is aimed at determining your personality. (50 mins over phone not Skype) *Then we had another phone call with the HR person and the "Head of Trading Speed and Success". After a brief talk and some questions from him they made the offer.

      Interview questions [3]

      Question 1

      Which was your biggest failure ?
      1 Answer

      Question 2

      How do you deal with frustration at work ?
      1 Answer

      Question 3

      What do you bring to a group ?
      1 Answer
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