Apple front end STA engineer role interview prep

[u/udooontneedit]

Hello,

I recently got a technical round email for the front end sta role in apple hardware team.

Has anyone been interviewed for this role…please share your experience what questions i can expect and stuff…. I’m a physical design intern so I dont know what to study or expect for this role i just have a brief overview

Any advice from front end people helps…put in interview topics…youtube playlists…anything relevant that you have

FYI: I am a masters student graduating in December, My interview is next week. Currently interning for a pd sta intern role.

[u/garthcooks]

No idea what kinds of things they'll ask or what tools Apple uses, but I'd try to have a solid understanding of constraints/SDCs and path types and exceptions and such. Like make sure you're solid on basics like a timing path is a path from a start point (input or D pin on a flop) to an endpoint (output or Q pin on a flop). Be able to describe what s setup check is vs a hold check. Try to make sure you understand things like clock uncertainty, false paths, multicycle paths, case analysis, etc. That's the kind of stuff I would be checking for at my company at least