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This document is a preparation guide for candidates interviewing for a Design Verification Engineer position, outlining the structure and content of the first round technical screen. It details the topics to be covered, including design verification experience, coding skills in SystemVerilog and C/C++, and other technical subjects. Additionally, it emphasizes the importance of communication, problem-solving, and coding quality during the interview process.

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This document is a preparation guide for candidates interviewing for a Design Verification Engineer position, outlining the structure and content of the first round technical screen. It details the topics to be covered, including design verification experience, coding skills in SystemVerilog and C/C++, and other technical subjects. Additionally, it emphasizes the importance of communication, problem-solving, and coding quality during the interview process.

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Design Verification Engineer

Interview PrepGuide
This guide is to help you understand what to expect and provide the information and
resources you need to best prepare. We recognize interviewing can be stressful, so
remember your recruiter is there to support you. Please reach out to them with any
questions.

First Round: Technical Screen

This is a 45-minute virtual interview with a member of the hiring team which may,
depending on your background and core area of expertise, cover the topics below. All of
the problems are designed to be solvable in SystemVerilog, UVM and C/C++. Again, the
screener will be evaluating your problem-solving ability, logic, and the efficiency of your
solution.

● Design Verification Experience:


○ Demonstrate a strong understanding of UVM and UVM testbench
components usage
○ What is your knowledge of functional design verification testing process,
methodology, etc.?
○ Be prepared to demonstrate your understanding of SoC concepts/flows,
SystemVerilog, UVM and Test Planning
○ UVM - different phases, run phases, component, object and factory
● Coding/UVM-based coding:
○ What is your fluency with SystemVerilog, or C/C++ coding, including SV
constraints?
○ You should be prepared for more challenging SV constraints and be sure
to address functional coverage for edge/corner cases.
○ OOP topics such as: arrays, functions, assertions, variables and
constraints
● Other technical topics to prepare for:
○ Race conditions, RTL and Test Bench
○ Logic and Bit
○ Semaphores
○ Protocols - PCIe, NVMe, DDR, etc.
○ Be prepared to write a UVM-based testbench from scratch.
○ Be prepared to explain your understanding of configuration control.
○ Be sure to ask clarifying questions (as required) before listing out test plan
items.
○ Communication - Ask clarifying questions before giving a solution to
eliminate ambiguity (it is important to understand the question that is being
asked). Discuss different approaches and solutions out loud. Your initial
tech screen should be a conversation, so don’t forget to ask questions.
○ Problem solving - We evaluate how you comprehend and explain complex
ideas. Are you providing the reasoning behind a particular solution?
Develop and compare multiple solutions? Optimize your solution? Take
hints from your interviewer to showcase your thought process and
problem-solving ability.
○ Speed - Can the engineer move fast? Practice coding quickly to showcase
your time management skills.
○ Quality - Is the code clean/bug free? If not, it’s okay to fix bugs and
optimize the solution, but this may affect your ability to solve more than
one coding problem within 45 minutes.
○ Analyze - Analyze various solutions and tradeoffs.

How the interview will be conducted:

● Video meeting using CoderPad. Please have a computer on hand (PC or Mac)
as the coding portion involves screen sharing (Coderpad: https://coderpad.io/).
For tips and tricks, check out: https://coderpad.io/tips-and-tricks

Relevant Links:
● Engineering at Meta
● MTIA v1: Meta’s first-generation AI inference accelerator
● Accelerate Meta’s infra with ASIC hardware space
Interview Preparation:
● How to Ace the coding interview
● How We’re Adapting to Virtual Interviews—and Tips for Candidates

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