I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Texas Instruments in Oct 2019
Interview
I got an on-campus interview first via the campus job expo. In about two weeks I got a chance to have a phone interview with senior digital design engineers in multiple locations in the US.
The on-campus interview was more about behavioral questions. It was easier since we were talking face-to-face. Whenever I felt struggling I could use my body language to say I was thinking and went through how I developed the answers step-by-step. Some of the questions were about life experience, which I've never thought of.
The more important part is that I had to give a brief introduction to my current and previous projects. List the detail in the resume so the interviewer has something to read. They also asked me what was the greatest challenge in my project.
The phone interview is more energy-consuming. I had to prepare slides to introduce myself, mostly about all the projects I've done. Spend time on this part and practice. I talked for about 25 minutes. (which is a little bit weird since I was talking to the air with no response, but I guess that's how a phone interview works) They then asked me several decision-making related questions, also lots of questions about the projects. I would suggest interviewees make the slides as clear as possible. Explain the why, how and what thoroughly.
For the technical part, it was not too hard. I was told to draw some basic logic cells with transistors/logic gates.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What was the greatest challenge in your project? Have you ever had tape-out experience? How much you know about TI? Describe a situation you took the action before reaching out to someone else. What kind of tool do you use to make sure your teammate's work is on schedule. What's the greatest challenge in your last program (coding).
Draw an asynchronous 4-bit counter. Draw a CMOS inverter, NAND2. Draw an SR-latch and explain it.
I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Texas Instruments (Dallas, TX) in Apr 2019
Interview
Went through two rounds of phone interviews and then flew out to Texas for the on-site. Got a call a week later saying they want to hire me and they’re just trying to find me a team. Everything was good up until this point.
When I heard back they said they found me a team in California. Someone from that team reached out to me and asked if I was available for a phone call. I already went through all of the interview rounds and was told they were going to give me an offer, so I assumed it was just an informational call.
Next thing I know they’re interviewing me like it’s round 1 again. They threw technical questions at me that I wasn’t prepared for since no one told me it was another interview. I haven’t heard back since that call and don’t expect to.
I’ve never been so frustrated with lack of communication before. To make it all the way to the offer stage and then be thrown back to square one without a word of warning was ridiculous. They essentially lied to me.
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Texas Instruments (New York, NY)
Interview
I applied through Texas Instruments website. First interview was easy, two questions about digital timing and state machines. They also had my resume up and asked simple interview questions about it.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
A four D flip flop shift register was drawn and I was given a stream of input data and clear signal and was told to draw the output signal.