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Course contents

  • How to Use This Puzzle Bank
  • SystemVerilog Language Puzzles25
  • Difficulty Guide
  • Full Topic Map
  • Interview-Day Tips
  • Study Route: One Week Before the Interview
  • Study Route: Two Weeks
  • Study Route: Four Weeks (Full Course)4
  • OOP & Testbench Puzzles25
  • Concurrency & Timing Puzzles25
  • Randomization & Constraint Puzzles25
  • SVA Assertion Puzzles25
  • Functional Coverage Puzzles25
  • Logic & Aptitude Puzzles25
    • Classic Brain Teasers
    • Probability Puzzles
    • Digital Logic Puzzles
    • Debugging Riddles
    • Logic & Aptitude Puzzles: Tricky Q&A
  • Scenario & Debug Puzzles25
  • UVM Testbench Puzzles25
  • Clock, Reset & CDC Puzzles25
  • Bus and Interface Protocol Puzzles25
  • Interview Prep: Puzzle Rounds7
  • DV Puzzle Cheatsheet
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←DV Interview Puzzles
  1. Topics
  2. DV Interview Puzzles
  3. Logic & Aptitude Puzzles
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    VLSI DV Interview PuzzlesAll levels

    Logic & Aptitude Puzzles

    Puzzle-centric drill set for DV interviews: exact reasoning for brain teasers, probability, digital logic construction, and fast bug forensics under pressure.

    • 5topics
    • 25lessons

    Topics in this section

    1. 1Classic Brain Teasers6 lessons
      • 9 Balls, 1 Heavier, 2 Weighings
      • 2 Eggs and 100 Floors
      • Burning Ropes to Measure 45 Minutes
      • Measure 4 Liters with 3L and 5L Jugs
      • Bridge and Torch (1, 2, 7, 10 Minutes)
      • 100 Prisoners and One Light Switch
    2. 2Probability Puzzles6 lessons
      • Biased Coin to Fair Bit (Von Neumann)
      • Expected Tosses Until First HH
      • Two Children, At Least One Boy
      • Monty Hall Switching Odds
      • Birthday Collision Threshold
      • Bayes on Failing Test Alerts
    3. 3Digital Logic Puzzles6 lessons
      • Build XOR Using Only 2:1 MUXes
      • One-Cycle Pulse Across Clock Domains
      • Minimum NAND Gates for XOR
      • Overlapping 1011 Sequence Detector
      • Mod-6 Counter Behavior Check
      • Metastability MTBF Improvement Estimate
    4. 4Debugging Riddles6 lessons
      • Race-Region Printout: What Does Each Monitor Print?
      • Reset Release Leaves the FSM in an Illegal State
      • always_comb with NBA and Missing Else
      • UVM Analysis Port Handle Reuse
      • join_any Timeout Ghost Thread
      • Randomization Always Fails: Hidden Unsat
    5. 5Logic & Aptitude Puzzles: Tricky Q&A1 lesson

    What this section covers

    Puzzle-centric drill set for DV interviews: exact reasoning for brain teasers, probability, digital logic construction, and fast bug forensics under pressure.

    Topics

    Diagram
    Classic Brain Teasers — 6 puzzles
    Probability Puzzles — 6 puzzles
    Digital Logic Puzzles — 6 puzzles
    Debugging Riddles — 6 puzzles

    How to practice

    1. Open each topic and attempt every puzzle cold, writing your predicted answer first.

    2. Only then read the step-by-step solution and confirm the exact answer.

    3. Re-read the 'why candidates get it wrong' note — that is the actual interview signal.

    4. Finish with the section Q&A to rehearse explaining the rule out loud.

    Related topics

    • VLSI DV Interview Puzzles hub

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    See also

    • How to Use This Puzzle Bank
    • SystemVerilog Language Puzzles
    • Difficulty Guide