Senior verification work is judgment more than syntax. This part covers systematic debug, code review, verification strategy, interview preparation, and a FIFO capstone from spec to sign-off.
Topic | Lessons | What it covers | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
4 | Triage, waveform, testbench, and X and race methods with worked cases for senior debug. | 30 min | |
4 | Testbenches fail by passing: checklists for stimulus, components, assertions, and review process. | 30 min | |
4 | Turn a spec into a plan, pick the method mix, track honest metrics, and drive risk to sign-off. | 30 min | |
5 | Senior interview revision: language, plumbing, classes, checks and design scenarios. | 40 min | |
4 | A complete verification environment for a parameterized FIFO, from spec and plan to sign-off. | 30 min |
Because most intermittent failures come from stimulus, seeds, or checker races rather than the RTL. Rule out the testbench with a minimal repeatable seed first. The Senior Debug Playbook topic covers the triage order.