AMD candidates from 2023 to 2025 reported a screening call followed by two to four technical rounds, often on Microsoft Teams, and a behavioral or HR round. Hardware and verification candidates were asked about digital design, computer architecture, clock dividers, bus protocols and UVM; software candidates were asked C++ basics and advanced C++, DSA, puzzles and code debugging, including assembly. India fresher and intern loops added an online test with OS and C++ MCQs and coding.
Offers in these reports went to a Hyderabad hardware engineer, a Hyderabad fresher hired into a software role, and two design verification engineers in Hyderabad and Bengaluru. US intern and software reports from 2025 mostly ended without offers.
AMD interview process round by round
| Round | Duration | What it tests |
|---|---|---|
| Online test (India, some roles) | Varies | OS and C++ OOP MCQs, coding |
| Screening | ~30 min | Basics, resume |
| Technical rounds (2-4) | ~45-60 min each | Role topics: UVM, digital design, C++, DSA, debugging |
| Behavioral / manager | ~30 min | Projects, research, teamwork |
| HR (India) | ~20-30 min | Logistics, offer |
AMD interview reports from 2023 to 2025
- Engineer (verification), United States (August 2025, no offer). Screen on basics, then deeper interviews; all questions on digital design, bus protocols and UVM.
- Software Engineer II (May 2025, no offer). Referral; four Teams rounds on C++, DSA and a puzzle, advanced C++, and C++ with linked lists, stacks and debugging.
- Software engineer intern, Santa Clara (April 2025, no offer). Screen, two technical assessments with algorithms and puzzles, and behavioral interviews on a research project.
- Software engineer intern, Austin (July 2025, no offer). 30-minute behavioral interview, then a technical interview debugging assembly code.
- Hardware engineer, Hyderabad (August 2025, offer). Two technical rounds, about 1.5 hours, on digital design, architecture and clock circuits.
- Senior software engineer, Hyderabad (April 2025, accepted). Joined as a fresher; DSA, memory, caches, linked lists, digital electronics.
- Senior software engineer, Hyderabad (August 2025). VLSI and digital electronics, job description and current role questions.
- Software engineer, Bengaluru (September 2025, OA only). MCQs on OS and C++ OOP; coding: easy DP and a segment tree.
- Design verification engineer, Hyderabad (April 2023, accepted). Two one-hour technical rounds and an HR round.
Detailed interview experiences
Experience 1: Engineer (verification), United States, August 2025
Source: Taro, posted August 8, 2025. No offer; rated positive.
Screen
- Checked basic knowledge.
Follow-up interviews
- Went deeper into technical topics. Every question was on digital design, bus protocols and UVM.
Takeaways
- What stood out: No algorithm puzzles; the loop stayed on verification fundamentals.
- How to practice: Explain a UVM agent end to end and one bus protocol’s handshake from memory.
Experience 2: Software Engineer II, May 2025
Source: Taro, posted May 1, 2025. Referral; no offer; rated neutral.
Round 1 (screen): C++ questions.
Round 2: Data structures and algorithms, plus a puzzle.
Round 3: Advanced C++.
Round 4: C++, linked list and stack problems, and debugging code.
Takeaways
- What stood out: Three of four rounds were mainly C++.
- How to practice: Review virtual dispatch, object lifetime, templates and the STL, and debug someone else’s C++.
Experience 3: Software engineer intern, Santa Clara, April 2025
Source: Taro, posted April 29, 2025. No offer; described as smooth.
Initial screening
- Not detailed.
Two technical assessments
- Algorithms, puzzles and DSA. Move Zeroes and Group Anagrams, which had to be optimized and executed.
Behavioral interviews
- An in-depth discussion of the candidate’s research project.
Takeaways
- How to practice: Run your code during the interview and be ready to explain your research at the level of design choices.
Experience 4: Software engineer intern, Austin, July 2025
Source: Taro, posted July 1, 2025. No offer; rated positive.
Behavioral interview (30 minutes)
- Not detailed.
Technical interview
- Debugging a piece of assembly code.
Takeaways
- What stood out: The candidate described the process as disjointed with unusual follow-up times, controlled by the team rather than HR.
- How to practice: Read x86 or ARM assembly for a small function and trace register values.
Experience 5: Hardware engineer, Hyderabad, August 2025
Source: Taro, posted August 1, 2025. Tagged as an offer.
Two technical rounds (about 1.5 hours total)
- Digital design, computer architecture, and clock divider and multiplier circuits.
- Interviewers were relaxed and focused on basic and some intermediate concepts.
Takeaways
- How to practice: Draw divide-by-2, divide-by-3 and 50% duty cycle dividers and explain each.
Experience 6: Senior software engineer (joined as fresher), Hyderabad, April 2025
Source: Taro, posted April 22, 2025. Accepted offer; rated positive.
Questions
- Basic DSA and memory questions.
- Types of cache and how a cache works.
- Linked lists.
- Digital electronics.
Takeaways
- What stood out: Software candidates in Hyderabad still got hardware fundamentals.
Experience 7: Design verification engineer, Bengaluru, October 2023
Source: Glassdoor review. Applied online; about one week; accepted offer.
Questions
- Testbench architecture and test planning.
- Write an APB outstanding-transaction driver function in UVM.
Takeaways
- How to practice: Write a pipelined driver with separate request and response threads.
AMD interview questions that come up often
Verification
- Testbench architecture and the UVM component flow
- Test planning for a new feature
- Driver for a bus with outstanding transactions
- Bus protocols (APB, AXI)
Hardware
- Clock divider and multiplier circuits
- Computer architecture and caches
- Timing analysis, setup and hold
- How a transistor works
Software
- C++ basics and advanced C++
- Linked lists and stacks
- Move Zeroes, Group Anagrams
- Debugging C++ or assembly code
- Segment tree and DP in the India OA
Behavioral
- Walk through your research project
- Your current job profile against the job description
AMD interview tips from these candidates
- Read the job description line by line; interviewers asked from it.
- Software candidates should expect C++ depth, not only DSA.
- Expect timelines to vary by team; follow up politely if you hear nothing.
- India candidates: hardware fundamentals can show up even in software loops.
AMD behavioral round in these reports
Intern loops had a 30-minute behavioral interview or a research-project discussion; India loops finished with HR. Sample answers tied to AMD’s key behaviors are on the AMD behavioral interview questions page, and the full process, pay and India section are on the AMD interview questions hub.
AMD interview tips from these reports
Verification
- Digital design, bus protocols and UVM in 2025.
- Write a UVM driver from memory.
Software
- C++ in most rounds of a 2025 SWE II loop.
- Assembly debugging for a 2025 Austin intern.
India
- OA with OS and C++ MCQs plus coding.
- Two technical rounds and HR for most offers.
Sources
- Taro: engineer (verification), United States, August 2025
- Taro: software engineer II, May 2025
- Taro: software engineer intern, Santa Clara, April 2025
- Taro: software engineer intern, Austin, July 2025
- Taro: hardware engineer, Hyderabad, August 2025
- Taro: senior software engineer, Hyderabad, April 2025
- Taro: senior software engineer, Hyderabad, August 2025
- Taro: software engineer, Bengaluru, September 2025
- Taro: design verification engineer, Hyderabad, April 2023
- Experience 7: a Glassdoor AMD Bengaluru design verification review, October 2023
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