Device Drivers Software Engineer Interview Experience - Santa Clara, California
Process
The interview process started with two 30-minute technical phone interviews. In both, they immediately began with technical questions. The second interviewer wasn't even aware that I had previously interviewed.
They flew me to their headquarters for a full day of interviews. There were six 50-minute technical interviews, each led by a different engineer.
I also had lunch with the head of the team, and he asked me more general questions about my experience and what I was looking for.
Questions
The onsite interview questions all involved solving some problem and writing the code on a whiteboard.
The questions were mostly low-level problems, such as the addition of arbitrarily large integers or copying memory.
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Success Rate
Nvidia's interview process for their Device Drivers Software Engineer roles in Santa Clara, California is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
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