R&D Engineer II applicants have rated the interview process at Synopsys with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 60% positive. To compare, the company-average is 77.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for R&D Engineer II roles take an average of 30 days to get hired, when considering 5 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Synopsys overall takes an average of 13 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Synopsys as a R&D Engineer II according to 5 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 23%
Skills test: 23%
Phone interview: 15%
IQ intelligence test: 15%
Group panel interview: 8%
Background check: 8%
Personality test: 8%
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I applied online. I interviewed at Synopsys (Cambridge, England) in Jan 2026
Interview
HR screening interview first. Then a technical interview with hire manager (1 hour including 15min tech question ). Much more difficult than expected. So carefully prepare CV lists before the interview.
I applied through university. I interviewed at Synopsys in Dec 2021
Interview
The majority of questions that were asked were from C++ and DSA. During Second Round the questions focus was on OOPs principle and some algorithms. The interviewers were very friendly and they just wanted to see if you understand the concept properly.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Some questions on bit wise rotation.
Dijkstra algorithm.
Inheritance Concept
I applied in-person. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Synopsys (New Delhi) in Oct 2021
Interview
Pathetic. Really really pathetic. I didn't expected like this from such a reputed company. They took my two interviews and I performed really well and they told that they will be scheduling my last interview round bit they dissapeared after that. I called them and asked the reason and they told that your notice period is too long. We need immediate joiners. I already mention couple of times in the introduction call and they told first it's fine and after taking two interviews they were just like this. Really disappointed.