Senior Physical Design Engineer Interview Questions

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Draw Cmos inverter.What would happen if we swap Pmos and Nmos.What if Nmos is connected to VDD. Questions regarding .lib,LEF, Antenna file content . How do we define rectilinear polygon in LEF.. Multicycle Path calculation for setup and hold . Draw 4 Input NAND Gate using 2 -Input NAND Gate what is index table defined in .lib file. How do we define antenna rules in techfile What are all challenges faced in your recent project. Questions were more from your resume. Any scripting which is hard for you. Tell us more about colored flow.
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Senior Physical Design Engineer

Interviewed at NVIDIA

4.4
Apr 27, 2017

Draw Cmos inverter.What would happen if we swap Pmos and Nmos.What if Nmos is connected to VDD. Questions regarding .lib,LEF, Antenna file content . How do we define rectilinear polygon in LEF.. Multicycle Path calculation for setup and hold . Draw 4 Input NAND Gate using 2 -Input NAND Gate what is index table defined in .lib file. How do we define antenna rules in techfile What are all challenges faced in your recent project. Questions were more from your resume. Any scripting which is hard for you. Tell us more about colored flow.

Not so difficult question that I remember. There were many technical question regarding static timing analysis - setup and hold, power planning, place and route issues for different tools and technologies.
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Senior Staff Physical Design Engineer

Interviewed at Samsung Semiconductor Inc (US)

3.9
Jun 12, 2014

Not so difficult question that I remember. There were many technical question regarding static timing analysis - setup and hold, power planning, place and route issues for different tools and technologies.

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