u/hardoi_

Hi guys,

Wanted to know by when google usually calls for loop round interviews after having 1st technical screening.

This post if for silicon validation (google)

I have a 45-minute technical screen coming up for a Google Cloud Silicon Validation Engineer role.

Background:

3+ years in Silicon Validation at Texas Instruments

Mostly worked on SoC bring-up, ARM Cortex-R52 based systems, flash/memory subsystems, validation and debug

The recruiter mentioned that the interview generally covers:

Programming basics

SoC architecture

Caches

Page tables / virtual memory

Memory transactions

Performance analysis

Silicon debug

For anyone who has interviewed for Google silicon validation roles recently (or has been an interviewer):

How architecture-heavy was the interview?

Were there deep cache/TLB questions?

How much digital design (CDC, setup/hold, FSMs, etc.) was asked?

Were there debugging scenarios or root-cause analysis questions?

How much Python coding was expected?

Any insights on topics that surprised you or areas I should prioritize would be greatly appreciated.

Hey feed,

Wanted to know some tips if anyone has any experience facing this interview or work in google at this designation.