The on-campus interview process for an internship at Nutanix was excellent and professional, culminating in me receiving an offer. The role was for a Systems Reliability Engineer, requiring troubleshooting skills rather than development.

The questions were mostly based on Operating Systems, Networking, and Linux. Since the role did not require any development, nothing was asked regarding Data Structures or Algorithms.

In my first interview, some of the questions asked were:

• What is a 5-way handshake?
• Explain DORA in a DHCP server.
• A standard question on routers.
• What kind of file system is used in Linux, etc.

The second interview was entirely focused on networking, with questions drawn from each layer of the OSI model.

The third interview was managerial, consisting of some technical questions about OS and some HR questions, such as whether I was interested in pursuing an MS.

Finally, the fourth round was a short HR round.