Synopsys Recruitment Process

This article will give you information about the company, its recruitment process, sample questions that have been asked previously, lots of experiences shared by other aspirants, and the portal where you can apply.

About Company:

Synopsys, Inc., an American company, is the leading company by sales in the Electronic Design Automation industry. Synopsys’ first and best-known product is Design Compiler, a logic-synthesis tool. Synopsys offers a wide range of other products used in the design of an application-specific integrated circuit. Products include logic synthesis, behavioral synthesis, place, and route, static timing analysis, formal verification, hardware description language (SystemC, SystemVerilog/Verilog, VHDL) simulators as well as transistor-level circuit simulation. The simulators include development and debugging environments which assist in the design of the logic for chips and computer systems.

In 2016, Synopsys was placed at position #80 in Forbes’ list of America’s Best Employers. Also, placed at position #827 in 2016 and at position #909 in 2015 on Fortune 500 list.

Recruitment Process:

Synopsys conducts 5-8 rounds to select freshers as Software Engineers in their organization.

• Written Round
• Technical Round 1
• Technical Round 2
• Technical Round 3
• Technical Round 4
• Technical Round 5
• HR Round 1
• HR Round 2

Academic Criteria:

• 75 percent or above in B.Tech, Class X and XII.
• No backlogs at the time of the interview

Online Round:

Written round often consists of questions about Quantitative Aptitude, Logical Ability, C, C++, Algorithms, Data structures, and Digital Design. To be prepared for the aptitude section you can practice from our Placement Section.

Technical Rounds:

The students who clear the written round are called for a Technical Interview. To clear this round you should be clear with your basics. You should be prepared with Data structures and Algorithms, and C language. Students will be expected to write codes in the interview. They could also be asked questions from resumes. You may be asked puzzles in this round.

HR Round:

You can expect general HR questions like :

1. Tell me about Yourself
2. Why Synopsys?
3. What will you do if you get an offer from Google/Facebook, etc?
4. What kind of culture do you want to work in?

Interview Experiences

It is always beneficial if you know what it is to be there at that moment. So, to give you an advantage, we provide you with Interview Experiences of candidates who have been in your situation earlier. Make the most of it.

• Synopsys Interview Experiences

Questions Asked in Synopsys:

1. Number of Coins
2. Merge Two Sorted Arrays
3. Expression Tree (Function Problem)
4. Merge two sorted linked lists (Function Problem)

Where to Apply?

• Synopsys careers
• Synopsys Official Website