I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Syncadence (San Diego, CA) in Jan 2014
Interview
The company is very small and laid back. They are doing interesting work. I only needed one in-person interview and they just wanted to go over my experience and know my availability.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
No mind games here, they do want to know you have experience with Embedded Linux and JTAG