I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Samsung Austin Semiconductor (Raleigh, NC) in Feb 2017
Interview
The interview was very technical and was for 1 hour.
Covered all the aspects of Digital Design(Front End + Back End).
The questions were not tricky and straightforward, but covers lot of concepts.
Expect many questions based on the previous work experience or projects that are in the resume. Better to be prepared with the answers, for the challenges faced in the job/project.
Interview questions [5]
Question 1
Tell me about yourself
Technical Questions
1) Different ways to implement a mux in Verilog
3) Different ways to close timing
3b) Timing closure with gates of different W/L ratio.
3c) Timing closure with gates of different no of inputs. Advantages and Disadvantages.
5) Build inverter and buffer using XOR gate
6) Use of XOR as comparator
7) Floorplanning of simple 5 stage pipeline CPU.
Some questions related to Work experience.
Any questions for the interviewer.