Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience - Santa Clara, California
January 1, 2017
Positive ExperienceGot Offer
Process
One phone screening and one day-long onsite interview.
For the phone interview, it consisted of simple programming and machine learning questions.
For the onsite, there were around 6 interviews, each 30 minutes long.
Questions
Typical programming questions. A mix of algorithms and systems-related types.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 21 interview experiences for the Nvidia Senior Software Engineer role in Santa Clara, California.
Success Rate
43%
Pass Rate
Nvidia's interview process for their Senior Software Engineer roles in Santa Clara, California is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Positive57%
Neutral24%
Negative19%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Nvidia's Senior Software Engineer interview process in Santa Clara, California.
Nvidia Work Experiences
5.0
Great experience thus far
Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee
Santa Clara, California, United States
August 20, 2020
Pros: Extremely talented coworkers, interesting work, learning opportunities, mature WFH culture, work-life balance, chill managers.
Cons: Fewer freebies than Google/Facebook, possibly worse equity package.
4.0
Interesting Work & Good People, meh progression
Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee
Santa Clara, California, United States
September 20, 2019
Pros: - Top CEO. Parties at high house if you are lucky.
- High work quality. Interesting projects.
- Good people.
- Decent food.
- Reasonable work-life balance for the Bay Area. People take vacation. Paternity leave for 6 weeks, etc.
Cons: - Slow progression of total compensation: base raises, RSUs, promotions.
- Performance reviews only once per year, which is poor for morale and sync with management.
2.0
Great for HW development, subpar for SW development
Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee
Santa Clara, California, United States
May 9, 2017
Pros: + Unique technology
+ Exposure to AI and new technologies
+ Nice immigration visa support (one of the best)
Cons: - SW product development is a joke.
- They want to learn by trying things out without involving outsiders who have been doing this for tens of years.
- They have an integration mindset, which is orthogonal to product development.
- SW is all about prototypes. The strategy is all about showing prototypes to the world so that others would get inspired and buy more GPUs.
- 5.0Great experience thus farSenior Software Engineer • Current EmployeeSanta Clara, California, United StatesAugust 20, 2020Pros: Extremely talented coworkers, interesting work, learning opportunities, mature WFH culture, work-life balance, chill managers.Cons: Fewer freebies than Google/Facebook, possibly worse equity package.
- 4.0Interesting Work & Good People, meh progressionSenior Software Engineer • Current EmployeeSanta Clara, California, United StatesSeptember 20, 2019Pros: - Top CEO. Parties at high house if you are lucky. - High work quality. Interesting projects. - Good people. - Decent food. - Reasonable work-life balance for the Bay Area. People take vacation. Paternity leave for 6 weeks, etc.Cons: - Slow progression of total compensation: base raises, RSUs, promotions. - Performance reviews only once per year, which is poor for morale and sync with management.
- 2.0Great for HW development, subpar for SW developmentSenior Software Engineer • Current EmployeeSanta Clara, California, United StatesMay 9, 2017Pros: + Unique technology + Exposure to AI and new technologies + Nice immigration visa support (one of the best)Cons: - SW product development is a joke. - They want to learn by trying things out without involving outsiders who have been doing this for tens of years. - They have an integration mindset, which is orthogonal to product development. - SW is all about prototypes. The strategy is all about showing prototypes to the world so that others would get inspired and buy more GPUs.
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