NVIDIA Systems Engineer Interview Questions
& Process
Real candidates share what happened, how many rounds they had,
and how the experience turned out.
Based on 37 interview experiences · FREE TO READ
Candidate interview experiences
First-hand accounts from people who interviewed at NVIDIA.
NVIDIA
Systems Engineer
Senior Easy Negative experience No offer 5 rounds About 2 months
Interview process
Recruiter call Onsite
Interview formats
Technical
This is not for one time. I got calls from Nvidia 3 times. Only once HR was kind enough to tell me the feedback. One time the position got cancelled after 5 rounds. Last time they scheduled the 4th round and before the interview they sent me a rejection mail. And HR was not picking up the phone. Now in India, most of the interviewers come from body shopping companies and joined Nvidia around the 2015–2016 timeframe. They don’t have proper experience. One interviewer blindly told me my multiple GPU boot process answer is wrong and childish where Nvidia only use this tech. As a FAANG engineer we are Nvidia’s customer and using this tech. Don’t take the interview seriously. Bcoz they are not serious at all.
Confirmed questions1 question
- Multiple GPU boot, LRU, Secure Boot.
NVIDIA
Systems Engineer
Mid Difficult Positive experience Accept offer 7 rounds About 10 days
Interview process
Phone screen Onsite Background check
Interview formats
Technical Behavioral Other
Normally, it starts with a series of phone interviews conducted first. If those results are satisfactory, then the candidate is invited for an onsite interview. The onsite interview had six 1-hr sessions. I met with four engineers of different levels and two management staff. Mostly, the questions are technical and relevant to the job, with a few interpersonal questions and a few brain teasers. The employer also used external services to audit my credentials (mainly college degree) and asked me to sign a waiver for that, though this was mostly not directly related to the hiring decision.
Confirmed questions1 question
- You are driving on a racetrack. On the first lap you averaged 60mph. How fast do you need to drive on the second lap so that your average speed over both laps is 120mph?
NVIDIA
Systems Engineer
Entry Average Positive experience No offer 2 rounds
Interview process
Technical screen Technical screen
Interview formats
Technical Coding
2 Rounds on coding. Judge on the basis of analytic reasoning and thinking. I was asked about my profile switch. And also the team elaborate on its process for judging on how much i know by programming languages relevant to the role, like C/C++, Python, or Java. For systems positions, a strong grasp of C/C++ is often essential. Deep understanding of operating system internals, kernel development, and hardware-software interaction. Knowledge of CPU/GPU architecture, memory hierarchy, concurrency, and parallel computing.
Confirmed questions1 question
- leetcode style interview on string sorting and anagrams
NVIDIA Systems Engineer Interview Questions
Quoted word for word from NVIDIA interview reports.
“Write a function to sort an array of odd and even numbers so that the odd numbers are all grouped at the beginning of the array and the even numbers are grouped at the end.”
Read reports →“how to design a voltage divider circuit”
Read reports →“What does the XOR truth table look like.”
Read reports →“You are driving on a racetrack. On the first lap you averaged 60mph. How fast do you need to drive on the second lap so that your average speed over both laps is 120mph?”
Read reports →“Find a palindromic substring in the given string (I didn’t use Manacher’s algo but a brute-force method and the interviewer was okay with it).”
Read report →“How do you reverse an array.”
Read report →“What is one important thing to watch out for when you allocate memory?”
Read report →“How does a keyboard driver work ? Simple C questions Linked Lists”
Read report →“A Linux server suddenly stops responding — how would you start troubleshooting it?”
Read report →Formats, difficulty and experience
Across all 37 NVIDIA interview reports.